- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a delay in agreeing an early severance scheme for staff in the Care Commission or Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will result in increased costs, such as for pay in lieu of notice.
Answer
We do not anticipate any increased costs.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37018 by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010, what level of job losses in the first three years of the operation of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland was anticipated in the Draft Transitional Operating Plan.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37704 on 2 December 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the business plan for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be ready.
Answer
The chair of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) is currently considering the draft business plan along with the budget plan for the new body. Once approved by the chair and by the Minister for Children and Early Years and myself, the plan will be shared with the shadow partnership forum and with staff involved.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37018 by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010, whether the project team responsible for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland is working under the assumption of a 12.5% budget reduction.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s budget statement indicates that SCSWIS'' budget will be reduced by 21% over the first four years'' of operation in line with planned savings in the overall direct costs of scrutiny from the baseline of the 2010-11 budget.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will share the budget plan for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) with the SCSWIS partnership forum.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37699 on 2 December 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will share the business plan for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) with the SCSWIS partnership forum.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37699 on 2 December 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive on what previous occasions ministers have directly interviewed candidates applying for public office, as in the case of the chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.
Answer
This information is not held centrally in the Scottish Government. The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland appointment was carried out in accordance with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland. Paragraph 24.6 of the code indicates that the minister may choose to meet the candidates described in the candidate summary as suitable for appointment prior to making the appointment decision.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is appropriate for ministers to directly interview candidates applying for public office, as in the case of the appointment of the chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37702 on 2 December 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the reason is for the delay in the appointment of the chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland has slipped from August.
Answer
The appointment process for the chair of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) was conducted in accordance with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland. The appointment process was delayed from its original date in August as the post was re-advertised to enable ministers to be offered the widest possible choice of suitable candidates.
The selection panel which met on 14 October recommended a number of candidates were appointable. The Minister for Children and Early Years and I chose to meet all the selected candidates before making our decision on the appointment. We announced on 18 November 2010 that we have appointed Professor Frank Clark as chair of SCSWIS.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be announced.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37695 on 2 December 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.
