- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum number of local targets and indicators will be in each single outcome agreement.
Answer
Single outcome agreements will reflect the priorities and agreed outcomes for each council, and will include the relevant and appropriate indicators and targets.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the poorest 20% of the population will benefit from the abolition of the graduate endowment payment.
Answer
This information is not available. Under the provisions of the Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Bill, Scottish ministers will report to Parliament on the proportion of the poorest 20% of the population who will benefit from the abolition of the graduate endowment fee in future years.
Liability for the original graduate endowment fee was not means-tested and so young people from the poorest 20% of the population who are at university and are liable for Graduate Endowment fee will no longer need to pay and will therefore benefit from its abolition.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the poorest 20% of the population will benefit from the freeze on council tax.
Answer
Initial estimates suggest that the proportion of the poorest 20% of households that will benefit as a result of the council tax freeze is 48%. This analysis also estimates that no-one is estimated to lose out as a result of the council tax freeze.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in devising single outcome agreements, it is intended to draw on the English experience of piloting local area agreements.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9818 on 3 March 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the performance of local authorities in respect of aspects of service not covered by local agreed targets and indicators will be monitored.
Answer
Aspects of council services not covered by local agreed targets and indicators will continue to be monitored by inspection and regulatory bodies in the same way as they are currently.
The Scottish Government recently announced further detailed consideration of specific issues raised by the Crerar report on public scrutiny. This will provide an opportunity to consider how systems of audit and inspection can most appropriately reflect the introduction of single outcome agreements.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial savings are anticipated from the abolition of Communities Scotland.
Answer
The First Minister said in Parliament on 31 January 2008 that taking Communities Scotland into government will generate efficiency savings of £1.7 million.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in devising single outcome agreements, it is intended to draw on the English experience of having 18 statutory targets for education and early years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9818 on 3 March 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in devising single outcome agreements, it is intended to draw on the English experience of negotiating 35 targets for each local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9818 on 3 March 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in devising single outcome agreements, it is intended to draw on the English experience of identifying targets for aspects of health and care where local authorities have an input.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9818 on 3 March 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in devising single outcome agreements, it is intended to draw on the English experience of adopting a flexible approach to the retention or removal of ring fencing.
Answer
In developing single outcome agreements appropriate for Scotland, we have drawn on a wide range of public and private sector sources, both at home and abroad, to inform our thinking.
