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http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0430-01.htm

The government''s National Performance Framework focuses all of government and public services on a single overarching common purpose and provides clarity through a set of purpose targets and 15 National Outcomes that describe a 10-year vision of the kind of Scotland we want to create.

The interests of older people are reflected in a number of the National Outcomes. Full details of the outcomes the government wants to achieve and how well Scotland is progressing in pursuit of these aims can be found on the Scotland Performs website. Beneath the national level, strategic local priorities are aligned to the 15 National Outcomes and are set out in Single Outcome Agreements prepared by each local authority working with Community Planning Partners (CPPs).

The government recognises that other activity supports the achievement of the Purpose and National Outcomes. Where Community Care outcomes are concerned there is a National Outcomes Framework for Community Care Services which includes measures and targets relevant specifically to improving the quality of systems and processes which support delivery of outcomes for older people and other community care clients. All CPPs have been encouraged to use the framework as a basis for assessing and presenting progress towards more effective joint delivery of community care services and better outcomes for service users.

Note: For the purposes of this table, medical research is defined as 11 particular Units of Assessment, such as Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Nursing, in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. However, it is recognised that some other subjects outwith this definition, such as Chemistry, may include an element of charity funding for medical research.

Figures for 2007-08 will be published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) later this year. Details of charity income by particular charity are not recorded in the published accounts of the institutions nor collected by the Scottish Funding Council and are therefore unavailable.

A breakdown by charity and by research topic is not available as these details are not recorded in the published accounts of the institutions nor collected by the Scottish Funding Council. Figures for 2007-08 will be published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) later this year.

the Main Quality Research Grant based on the number of research active staff which includes staff funded by charity income, and

An additional allocation based on charity income received by institutions to fund research activities.

A full breakdown of support for research for 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09, by discipline, is publicly available in the Scottish Funding Council''s annual main grant letters for each higher education institutions (Table B2) at:

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2006/sfc2206/sfc2206.html

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2007/sfc1607/sfc1607.html

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2008/sfc1008/sfc1008.html.

From 2009-10, a new funding model, the Research Excellence Grant, is being developed. Full details will be contained in SFC''s main grant letter for higher education institutions which will be available on the SFC website www.sfc.ac.uk from 2 April 2009.

Full details will be contained in SFC''s main grant letter for higher education institutions which will be published on 2 April 2009. This will be available on the SFC website www.sfc.ac.uk.