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It goes on to say:"From being one hour from the largest city in Scotland, Barra would become one of the most isolated communities in the UK, placing the island at a competitive disadvantage against virtually every other community within Scotland."
That will ensure consistency of approach across Scotland. The commission will regulate care services more generally; its operation has been the subject of a separate consultation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of changes to the method of payment of care home fees and the withdrawal of direct payment of residential allowance to clients, whether it will ensure that sufficient funding is provided to local authorities so that no shortfall in funding will occur and that no local authority will be required to make savings in its social services budget in order to reallocate funding to cover the new system.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 September 2003
(c) The application wassuccessful.(d)The amount of match funding sought was 3,677,720euros and this sum, which represents 50% of the total project cost of 7,355,440euros, was approved.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 September 2002
However, it is proposed to evaluate the new arrangements for funding community safety partnerships and to include a review of the effectiveness of CCTV and other community safety initiatives funded by the Executive under the Make Our Communities Safer Challenge Competition, which the Community Safety Partnership Awar...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 April 2002
The Executive has not provided specific guidance to local authorities on the transfer of revenue balances or reserves between Housing Revenue Accounts and General Funds. However, the annual General Fund Contribution Limits Order prevents councils from including in their estimates contributions from their General Fund to their Housing Revenue Account.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2002