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Alongside the work of Scottish Development International in promoting Scotland as a location for such activity, and the support provided directly to such enterprises through the Regional Selective Assistance scheme, the Executive is contributing to a study by Philip Taylor, University of Stirling, and Peter Bain, University of Strathclyde into outsourcing competition from India, which should help inform our consideration of this issue.

The funding offered to individual institutions is a matter for the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC). Legislation precludes ministers from directing funds to particular institutions.In 2002-03, Glasgow School of Art received just over £8 million from SHEFC - an increase of 13.4% on the £7 million it received in 2001-02.

The additional £40 million which is being made available over the next three financial years covers implementation of the whole of our coronary heart disease (CHD) and Stroke Strategy. NHS Greater Glasgow will receive support for its cardiac services Managed Clinical Network. It also has the opportunity to submit bids for initiatives which could be funded after meeting the costs of Managed Clinical Networks to support this strategy nationally and developing a national CHD database.

Improving Scotland's health is our most important challenge. Diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) are increasingly preventable by improvements in physical activity and diet and reductions in smoking. We are taking a comprehensive approach to health improvement that draws together activity across the whole range of the Executive's activity. Prevention is an integral part of our CHD and Stroke Strategy, and local cardiac services Managed Clinical Networks will be expected to develop prevention strategies which are in line with our health promotion framework.

Redundant employees can retrain using the Training for Work Programme, which provides short or long-term training for up to one year. Under the programme 28 redundant BAE workers are being funded to undertake short-term training as fork lift truck drivers, bus drivers, crane drivers, welders and scaffolding erectors.

Unlike breach of a bail condition, breach of a restriction of liberty order is not an offence. Breach of a restriction of liberty order is a matter for the courts under section 245F of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and are reported to the court by the contractor appointed to monitor compliance with the order. The court decides what action should be taken based on the circumstances surrounding the breach.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33332 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at .

Clyde shipyard engineers were first invited to take up skills conversion training courses in February 2002. Forty-six engineers were invited and, to date, 40 have been interviewed. Fourteen have taken places on conversion courses.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33332 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at .

The company will be consulting with the unions over the next few weeks and I hope that compulsory redundancies can be kept to a minimum. The Clyde Shipyards Task Force Redundancy Management sub-group will be meeting shortly to provide support as necessary, to those affected through a dedicated local response team under the Executive's PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) framework. This will ensure a rapid response from local agencies in terms of offering advice, support and guidance in terms of retraining/upskilling and employment opportunities.