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The Scottish Government has not set a prescriptive list of “reasonable costs” for welcome arrangements. Local Authorities are best placed to determine how best to provide support to the Ukrainian people in their areas arriving under the Scottish Super Sponsor Scheme and the Scottish Government is committed to reimbu...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 August 2022
We trust schools and headteachers to know their pupils best, and to take decisions that are in the best interests of children and young people, including undertaking appropriate risk and impact assessments.
We are always open to sharing best practice. I think that we need to do more sharing of best practice around the no wrong door initiative in particular, because that cannot be looked at internally within a local authority.
Colette McGarva made a point about best practice and good practice. How is that shared across local authorities and what evidence have we got about how other organisations—public bodies—that are also covered by this legislation engage with communities and share best practice or good practice?
I think that our public appointments system is designed to pick the best people who apply, and the real challenge is to get the best people to put their names forward in the first place.