- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Government officials tried to stop Northern Constabulary from recruiting a new chief constable and, if so, when ministers first became aware of this.
Answer
No. Scottish ministers are responsible for approving the appointment of Chief Officers. The Cabinet Secretary for Justice gave approval on 1 September 2010 for the Northern Joint Police Board to begin the process of recruiting a new chief constable and the post has now been advertised.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times in the last 12 months it has contacted independent fostering agencies to obtain information regarding (a) the number of fostering households that they have and (b) whether there are any shortages of supply of fostering households.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-36465 and S3W-36467 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times in the last 12 months it has contacted local authorities to obtain information regarding the number of children waiting for a place in a fostering household to become available.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36465 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of claims that Scottish Government officials tried to stop Northern Constabulary from recruiting a new chief constable and, if so, when it became aware of this.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36483 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of claims that Scottish Government officials told members of the Northern Joint Police Board that there was no point wasting time and money recruiting a new chief constable because the future of the force was uncertain.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36483 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it takes to monitor the number of children who are waiting for a place in a fostering household to become available; how often it collates this, and what mechanisms are in place for taking action on any negative results.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36465 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on any attempt by Scottish Government officials to stop Northern Constabulary from recruiting a new chief constable because they view the future of the force to be uncertain.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36483 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children are waiting for a place in a fostering household to become available, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The placement of children who have been assessed as needing to be looked after is a matter for local authorities.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times in the last 12 months it has contacted independent fostering agencies to obtain information regarding the number of children waiting for a place in a fostering household to become available.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36465 on 1 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it takes to monitor the number of (a) local authority and (b) independent agency fostering households; how often it collates this, and what mechanisms are in place for taking action on any negative results.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not directly monitor how local authorities discharge their duties in relation to foster care. Local authorities are best placed to determine the level of services required to meet the needs of those children best suited to this type of care.
The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 enable local authorities to enter into agreements with registered fostering services to provide services on their behalf. This allows the local authority to delegate some of their responsibilities to voluntary and independent agencies.
Services are regulated and inspected by the Care Commission and where standards set out in legislation and the national care standards are not met, appropriate action is taken.
