- 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 monitor and evaluate the responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements, 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: 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 meetings there have been with NHS boards to discuss those responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements.
Answer
The health directorates meetmonthly with NHS chairs and chief executives respectively. The meetings with eachin November included discussion of their responsibilities, in the context of therecent budget.
- 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 monitoring and evaluating the responsibilities of community planning partnerships not covered by single outcome agreements, in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
The Public Service Reform Directoratecontinues 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 of howthis is done.
- 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 develop community engagement within community planning partnerships in the event of Communities Scotland being abolished.
Answer
As it is not anticipatedthat any additional civil servants will be needed, there will be no additionalcost.
- 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.
