- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEed005/2002 of 18 April 2002, what the remit is of the Joint Ministerial Meetings on social work and social services and who will attend the meetings.
Answer
The remit of the Joint Ministerial Meetings on social work and social services is to ensure good co-ordination of social work and social care policy issues across the Executive.The meeting will be chaired by the Minister for Education and Young People. The Deputy Ministers for Health and Community Care, Justice and Education and Young People will attend, along with senior Scottish Executive officials.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend the terms of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 so that children accessing residential respite care for longer than 24 hours do not have to be categorised as looked after children.
Answer
Where a child stays away from home for purposes of respite, he or she is being provided with accommodation and the local authority has additional duties towards him or her as a child being looked after by them. This is designed to protect children who might otherwise be vulnerable and we have no current plans to amend the legislation.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms have been put in place since the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 came into force to ensure that information on services and support is made available to carers.
Answer
The measures in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 to support carers come into force in September. The Executive will issue detailed guidance to the statutory and voluntary sectors on the implementation of the act, which will address issues such as the provision of information to carers.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding mechanism is in place to ensure that carers' services, including respite services, developed and funded through the carers' strategy allocation in 2000, will be able to continue beyond April 2003.
Answer
Decisions on the future allocation of resources for all Executive priorities, including health and social care services, are currently the subject of a comprehensive spending review. No decisions have been made as yet but the Scottish Executive has made clear that it remains fully committed to supporting Scotland's carers.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what process is in place to record unmet needs identified during carers' assessments since the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 came into force.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26616.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many carers have received an independent assessment of their needs since the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 came into force.
Answer
The measures in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 to support carers come into force in September. The Executive will issue detailed guidance to the statutory and voluntary sectors on the implementation of the act, which will cover independent assessments for carers.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24726 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 May 2002, whether it is intended that projects within the Changing Children's Services programme will be (a) linked to or (b) part of Children's Services Plans.
Answer
Proposals funded through the Changing Children's Services Fund are intended to help local authorities and their partners reshape children's services to provide better integrated support and to meet the needs identified in Children's Services Plans.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24726 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 May 2002, how each bid to the Changing Children's Services Fund will be monitored for adherence to set criteria.
Answer
Monitoring reports on use of Changing Children's Services Fund resources will form an integral part of annual updates on Children's Services Plans.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24726 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 May 2002, what the total percentage share of funding is in each local authority proposal to the Changing Children's Services Fund for (a) statutory, (b) voluntary and (c) partnership projects.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26460.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff in each local authority area were employed in youth work in each of the last ten years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
