Question reference: S5W-09675
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 14 June 2017
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Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 June 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to (a) prevent spatial segregation in urban areas, (b) monitor areas that are at risk of segregation and (c) tackle existing segregation in cities, particularly in areas where ethnic minorities represent a higher percentage of the population.
Answer
The Scottish Planning Policy states that that “Local development plans should allocate appropriate sites to support the creation of sustainable mixed communities and successful places and help to ensure the continued delivery of new housing.” As the statutory housing authority, councils have a requirement to prepare a Local Housing Strategy which among other things should consider the housing requirements of all equality groups and undertake an Equality Impact Assessment as per the Equality Act 2010. Within the Race Equality Framework 2016-30, there is a goal that "minority ethnic people have fair and proportionate influence on community planning”.