The Executive is fully committed to playing its part in delivering the targets set out in Sport 21. We cannot do that alone and all partners involved including local authorities, who are by far the biggest provider of sporting opportunities in Scotland, must play their part. Sport 21 was developed with the full support of the Scottish Executive, local authorities, sports governing bodies and other partners who all accepted their responsibilities in securing its objectives. The partners commitment and specific roles and responsibilities are set out in the Sport 21 target strategies which can be found on sportscotland’s website at www.sportscotland.org.uk. The Scottish Executive has demonstrated its contribution towards the delivery of Sport 21 targets by working with local authorities on the development of Active Schools. With £24 million invested to date, this programme is delivering a wide range of opportunities aimed at stimulating an interest and commitment to sport and increased levels of physical activity in and around the school day. Active Schools provides local authorities with a excellent foundation at grass roots level on which to build. With the review of Sport 21 due, it is now appropriate to consider how each partner can further secure their contribution towards the delivery of Sport 21’s aims.

The Scottish Executive’s spending plans are published following our internal Spending Review process. The plans for 2005-06 through 2007-08 were set out in Building a Better Scotland: Enterprise, Opportunity & Fairness, published in September 2004. These spending plans include the allocation of additional funding to the Scottish Block received as a result of our agreement on funding policy with HM Treasury.

The subsidies are determined by a formula using daily closing portfolio value multiplied by a subsidy rate. This rate comprises three elements - the margin which is fixed for the life of the contract; the RPI interest rate which changes annually, and the one-month LIBOR interest rate. On this basis, no original total subsidy amount was agreed and no definitive outstanding amount can therefore be determined.

For a 2005 graduate commencing repayment in 2006 the forecast average length of time to repay their student loan is approximately 13 years. It is not possible to provide details on the actual time taken for graduates to repay their student loans in each year since the student loan system was introduced. This information cannot be provided until all loans are repaid.

The Scottish Executive is responsible for paying the purchasing banks the actual costs in respect of Scottish borrowers whose loans were sold.

The information is given in the following table.

	All UK
Academic Year	Borrowers	Write-Off Amount (£)
1-9-1998	29,371	1,481,792
1-9-1999	14,276	1,150,696
1-9-2000	17,448	1,591,242
1-9-2001	21,636	2,256,821
1-9-2002	23,958	2,930,677
1-9-2003	21,515	3,155,217
1-9-2004	19,294	3,622,648
1-9-2005	5,389	2,071,678
Grand Total	152,887	18,260,772

Source: Student Loans Company.

This information is not held by the Scottish Executive.

The Student Loans Company should be considered as a creditor and the debtor would list the Student Loans Company as such so that the Student Loans Company can be notified.

The information is given in the following table

	Scotland
Academic Year	Borrowers	Write-Off Amount
1-9-1998	2,567	183,822
1-9-1999	1,304	139,049
1-9-2000	1,598	208,853
1-9-2001	1,971	356,625
1-9-2002	2,214	319,785
1-9-2003	2,087	370,245
1-9-2004	2,031	439,132
1-9-2005	548	205,767
Grand Total	14,320	2,223,278

Source: Student Loans Company.

The information is given in the following table.

1. Date of Entry to Repayment (1st April)	2. Mortgage Style Customers entering Rep't	3. Number Deferring at 31 March
		2002		2003		2004		2005
1991	88	6	7%	6	7%	4	5%	3	3%
1992	5,107	167	3%	127	2%	116	2%	94	2%
1993	7,184	525	7%	427	6%	364	5%	316	4%
1994	8,208	1,007	12%	881	11%	790	10%	635	8%
1995	8,491	1,705	20%	1,463	17%	1,261	15%	1057	12%
1996	11,608	2,822	24%	2,432	21%	2,149	19%	1864	16%
1997	12,223	3,930	32%	3,411	28%	3,027	25%	2570	21%
1998	14,476	6,310	44%	5,558	38%	4,960	34%	4328	30%
1999	13,277	6,864	52%	5,986	45%	5,363	40%	4669	35%
2000	15,262	9,323	61%	8,244	54%	7,250	48%	6179	40%
2001	16,085	11,642	72%	9,900	62%	8,824	55%	7294	45%
2002	14,669	-		10,513	72%	9,177	63%	7730	53%
2003	5,250	-		-		3,626	69%	2961	56%
2004	1,414	-		-		-		915	65%
Total	133,342	44,301	33%	48,948	37%	46,911	35%	40,615	30%

Source:  Student Loans Company.

1. refers to the date of entry to repayment.

2. refers to the number of mortgage style customers entering repayment.

3. refers to the number and percentage of students in column 2 who are in deferment from 2002 to 2005.