- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be of employing additional civil servants to develop community engagement within community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
As it is not anticipatedthat any additional civil servants will be needed, there will be no additionalcost.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements, in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service Reform Directoratecontinues to have overall responsibility for Community Planning policy. However,responsibility for implementation of Community Planning sits with the Partnershipsthemselves, and it is up to individual Partnerships to decide on the detail of howthis is done.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be of employing additional civil servants to monitor and evaluate the responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements, in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
As it is not anticipated thatany additional civil servants will be needed, there will be no additional cost.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional civil servants will be needed to develop community engagement within community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
It is not anticipated thatany additional civil servants will be needed.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional civil servants will be needed to monitor and evaluate the responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements, in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
It is not anticipated that anyadditional civil servants will be needed.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates will be responsible for developing community engagement within community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service Reform Directoratecontinues to have overall responsibility for Community Planning policy. Housingand Regeneration Directorate will have responsibility for aspects of community engagementin relation to housing and regeneration.
However,responsibility for implementation of Community Planning sits with the Partnershipsthemselves, and it is up to individual Partnerships to decide on the detail of howthis is done.
Lifelong Learning Directoratesupports the implementation of Scottish Government policy for Community Learningand Development (CLD). CLD is delivered by local partners, through partnershipsled by local authorities but actively involving the voluntary sector, colleges andothers, and has a key role in building the capacity of communities to engage withCommunity Planning Partnerships.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings there have been with NHS boards to discuss those responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements.
Answer
The health directorates meetmonthly with NHS chairs and chief executives respectively. The meetings with eachin November included discussion of their responsibilities, in the context of therecent budget.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the responsibilities of community planning partnerships will not be covered by single outcome agreements.
Answer
The details of the coverage ofsingle outcome agreements are being discussed with local government as part of thecontinuing work on the implementation of the concordat.
Local authorities will be discussingthe scope and content of their outcome agreements with their community planningpartners in due course.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with UK ministers about how to implement the recommendations in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Support for families with disabledchildren is a devolved matter. While cognisant of Aiming High for Disabled Children, in developing approaches to support for disabled childrenin Scotland ministers have not sought formal discussions with theirUKcounterparts. Similarly, UK ministers have not sought formal discussions with Scottishministers.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with UK ministers about the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Support for families with disabledchildren is a devolved matter. While cognisant of Aiming High for Disabled Children, in developing approaches to support for disabled childrenin Scotland ministers have not sought formal discussions with theirUKcounterparts.
