- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be of employing additional civil servants to ensure the co-ordination of the activities of community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
As it is not anticipated thatany additional civil servants will be needed, there will be no additional cost.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the responsibilities of community planning partnerships will not be covered by single outcome agreements.
Answer
The details of the coverage ofsingle outcome agreements are being discussed with local government as part of thecontinuing work on the implementation of the concordat.
Local authorities will be discussingthe scope and content of their outcome agreements with their community planningpartners in due course.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates will be responsible for developing community engagement within community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service Reform Directoratecontinues to have overall responsibility for Community Planning policy. Housingand Regeneration Directorate will have responsibility for aspects of community engagementin relation to housing and regeneration.
However,responsibility for implementation of Community Planning sits with the Partnershipsthemselves, and it is up to individual Partnerships to decide on the detail of howthis is done.
Lifelong Learning Directoratesupports the implementation of Scottish Government policy for Community Learningand Development (CLD). CLD is delivered by local partners, through partnershipsled by local authorities but actively involving the voluntary sector, colleges andothers, and has a key role in building the capacity of communities to engage withCommunity Planning Partnerships.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates will be responsible for the staff development of professionals employed in community engagement within community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service ReformDirectorate continues to have overall responsibility for community planning policy.However, responsibility for implementation of community planning sits with the partnershipsthemselves, and it is up to individual partnerships to decide on the detail ofhow this is done.
Housingand Regeneration Directorate will have responsibility for aspects of communityengagement in relation to housing and regeneration.
Lifelong LearningDirectorate supports good practice in staff development of Community Learningand Development professionals and contributes to work led by Housing andRegeneration Directorate to support good practice in staff development forpublic service professionals to equip them for community engagement.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates will be responsible for training members of the community involved in the boards of community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service ReformDirectorate continues to have overall responsibility for community planningpolicy. However, responsibility for implementation of community planning sitswith the partnerships themselves, and it is up to individual partnerships todecide on the detail of how this is done.
Lifelong LearningDirectorate supports the implementation of Scottish Government policy forCommunity Learning and Development (CLD). CLD is delivered by local partners,through partnerships led by local authorities but actively involving thevoluntary sector, colleges and others; it has a key role in building thecapacity of communities to engage with CPPs, which includes, when appropriate,contributing to training members of the community involved in the boards ofCPPs.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional civil servants will be needed to ensure the co-ordination of the activities of community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
It is not anticipated that anyadditional civil servants will be needed.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the consultation document on the future of Communities Scotland will be made available.
Answer
Following consultation withCOSLA last year, the Scottish Government announced to Parliament on 31 October 2007Â its decision to abolish Communities Scotland. The discussion document Firm Foundations: The Future ofHousing in Scotland refers to this andsets out our plans to put in place interim arrangements to ensure that theregulatory function currently discharged by Communities Scotland will continueto operate at arms length from ministers. A standalone agency will be establishedto fulfil this role.
The remaining housing andregeneration functions of Communities Scotland will transfer into the coreScottish Government, with the exception of the local community regeneration rolewhich will be discontinued.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the consultation on the future of Communities Scotland will include consideration of the method of allocation of funding for housing.
Answer
Following consultation with COSLAlast year, the Scottish Government announced to Parliament on 31 October 2007 itsdecision to abolish Communities Scotland. The discussion document Firm Foundations: The Future of Housingin Scotland refers to this. It also setsout proposals for allocating government subsidy of social housing through a seriesof large-scale competitions.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the consultation on the future of Communities Scotland will include consideration of the regulation of housing providers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-8181 on 17 January 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways the Local Government and Communities Committee will be included in the consultation on the future of Communities Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-8181 on 17 January 2008. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.