- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with disability groups since May 2007 to discuss the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
The First Minister and the Ministerfor Children and Early Years met with representatives of For Scotland’s DisabledChildren – a coalition including many of Scotland’s leading disability organisations– as well as families with disabled children on 11 January 2008, to discuss a rangeof issues around support for families.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with UK ministers about the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Support for families with disabledchildren is a devolved matter. While cognisant of Aiming High for Disabled Children, in developing approaches to support for disabled childrenin Scotland ministers have not sought formal discussions with theirUKcounterparts.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the timescale for the implementation of the recommendations in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Aiming Highfor Disabled Children: Better Support for Families was launched by HM Treasury and the then Department forEducation and Skills in May 2007. The document was accompanied by the announcementof an additional £340 million of investment in services to support families withdisabled children, over the Comprehensive Spending Review Period 2007-08 to 2010-11.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whom the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has met since May 2007 to discuss the findings in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Support for families with disabledchildren falls within the remit of the Minister for Children and Early Years. Theminister has met with a range of disability groups to discuss issues around supportfor families.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with UK ministers about how to implement the recommendations in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families.
Answer
Support for families with disabledchildren is a devolved matter. While cognisant of Aiming High for Disabled Children, in developing approaches to support for disabled childrenin Scotland ministers have not sought formal discussions with theirUKcounterparts. Similarly, UK ministers have not sought formal discussions with Scottishministers.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be informed about the format of single outcome agreements before they decide whether to agree to the terms of its concordat with COSLA.
Answer
COSLA is the representative voiceof Scottish local government, and COSLA and the Scottish Government agreed the termsof the concordat in November 2007. The details of the single outcome agreements,including the format of the agreements, are being developed jointly with local government.However, and as with any agreement between two parties, an individual local authoritymust satisfy itself that it is content with the details of its single outcome agreementbefore signing up to it.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be informed about the reporting process for single outcome agreements before they decide whether to agree to the terms of its concordat with COSLA.
Answer
COSLA is the representative voiceof Scottish local government, and COSLA and the Scottish Government agreed the termsof the concordat in November 2007. The details of the single outcome agreements,including the reporting process, are being developed jointly with local government.However, and as with any agreement between two parties, an individual local authoritymust satisfy itself that it is content with the details of its single outcome agreementbefore signing up to it.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6655 by John Swinney on 12 December 2007, why there is no person with a specific equal opportunities remit included in the group to oversee the implementation of single outcome agreements.
Answer
The remit of the group is tooversee the successful delivery of single outcome agreements between the ScottishGovernment and local authorities. One of the key purposes of the group is to setout the process of engagement with all policy communities across the Scottish Governmentand local government.
This process will include thefull consideration of equal opportunities related issues by policy communities toensure that satisfactory progress is made towards achieving the government’s targetsto increase social cohesion and solidarity across Scotland.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6655 by John Swinney on 12 December 2007, whether the inclusion of a representative from Audit Scotland on the group to oversee the implementation of single outcome agreements is compatible with the independent auditing role of Audit Scotland.
Answer
Audit Scotland hasa statutory responsibility to audit the performance of public bodies on behalf of the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission. Audit Scotland’s roleon the group is to assist in ensuring that single outcome agreements are underpinnedby robust monitoring and performance reporting arrangements.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be informed that ministers will report on progress of single outcome agreements to the Parliament and the Local Government and Communities Committee before they decide whether to agree to the terms of its concordat with COSLA.
Answer
COSLA is the representative voiceof Scottish local government, and the Scottish Government and COSLA agreed the termsof the concordat in November 2007. The content and details of the single outcomeagreements are being developed jointly with local government, and local authoritieswill be made aware of ministers’ obligations to the Parliament.
