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Comprehensive guidanceon the act was published in October 2001 and it is now for local transport authorities,working closely with bus operators, to decide how best to use the powers to deviselocal solutions to local problems.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2003
The Scottish Executive has not issued guidance to local authorities in relation to the implementation of new promoted post structures.The new promoted post structure is detailed in the agreement A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century which was negotiated on a tripartite basis with representatives from local authorities, teacher organisations and the Scottish Executive.The agreement provides local authorities with the flexibility to determine staffing structures which best...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 March 2003
It is the responsibility of the local authorities concerned to respond to weaknesses revealed by the auditors. From 1 April the new duty of Best Value provided in the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 will be accompanied by a broadening of the grounds on which the Accounts Commission can formally hold local authorities to account for poor performance ca...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to fully implement and monitor best practice on patient discharge from hospitals to carers at home.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 January 2003
The Local Government in Scotland Bill, approved by Parliament earlier this month, places local authorities at the heart of community planning, replaces CCT with Best Value and gives local authorities the power of well-being.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2003
When the correspondent uses Scots, the SPCB policy is to reply in English, as this constitutes no barrier to communication and facilitates best use of resources. S1W-32558
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2002
The Executive will establish a reference group to oversee stage one of the review and advise on stage two, which will aim to take forward identified best practice. I expect the first stage of the review to be completed no later than autumn 2003 and the second stage to commence shortly after.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has that supports the reported suggestion in the special report on children's hearings by the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals that social work departments may have "tailored their recommendations to their resources rather than what was in the child's best interests". Individual children's hearin...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 November 2002
The Scottish Executive has not made any assessment of the educational performance of asylum seekers' children in state schools.Information on individual pupils in publicly funded schools who are asylum seekers is being collected for the first time in the 2002 Scottish Schools Census.Over the coming years, the information collected will help us gain a better understanding of the needs of specific groups of pupils and how best...