- 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 whom the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has met since May 2007 to discuss the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Support for families with disabledchildren falls within the remit of the Minister for Children and Early Years. Theminister has met with a range of disability groups to discuss issues around supportfor families.
- 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 information it has on the timescale for the implementation of the recommendations in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Aiming Highfor Disabled Children: Better Support for Families was launched by HM Treasury and the then Department forEducation and Skills in May 2007. The document was accompanied by the announcementof an additional £340 million of investment in services to support families withdisabled children, over the Comprehensive Spending Review Period 2007-08 to 2010-11.
- 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 how many meetings the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with disability groups since May 2007 to discuss the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
The First Minister and the Ministerfor Children and Early Years met with representatives of For Scotland’s DisabledChildren – a coalition including many of Scotland’s leading disability organisations– as well as families with disabled children on 11 January 2008, to discuss a rangeof issues around support for families.
- 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 meetings are planned between the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and disability groups to discuss the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Following a meeting between theFirst Minister and the Minister for Children and Early Years and representativesof For Scotland’s Disabled Children – a coalition including many of Scotland’s leadingdisability organisations – as well as families with disabled children on 11 January2008, further meetings are planned to discuss a range of issues around support forfamilies.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be informed that ministers will report on progress of single outcome agreements to the Parliament and the Local Government and Communities Committee before they decide whether to agree to the terms of its concordat with COSLA.
Answer
COSLA is the representative voiceof Scottish local government, and the Scottish Government and COSLA agreed the termsof the concordat in November 2007. The content and details of the single outcomeagreements are being developed jointly with local government, and local authoritieswill be made aware of ministers’ obligations to the Parliament.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be informed about the format of single outcome agreements before they decide whether to agree to the terms of its concordat with COSLA.
Answer
COSLA is the representative voiceof Scottish local government, and COSLA and the Scottish Government agreed the termsof the concordat in November 2007. The details of the single outcome agreements,including the format of the agreements, are being developed jointly with local government.However, and as with any agreement between two parties, an individual local authoritymust satisfy itself that it is content with the details of its single outcome agreementbefore signing up to it.
- 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 ensure the training of members of the community involved in the boards of 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 ensure the co-ordination of the activities of community planning partnerships 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 what the cost will be of employing additional civil servants to ensure the co-ordination of the activities of community planning partnerships 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 which of its directorates will be responsible for co-ordinating the activities of community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service ReformDirectorate continues to have overall responsibility for Community Planningpolicy. However responsibility for implementation of Community Planning sitswith the Partnerships themselves, and it is up to individual Partnerships todecide on the detail of how this is done.
