- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-5174 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 May 2002, whether it will give a breakdown of each targeted resource for children and young people with special educational needs by local authority area in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.
Answer
The breakdown of the proposed National Priorities Action Fund Inclusion Programme and special educational needs (SEN) Specific Grant for in-service training by local authority area, in both 2002-03 and 2003-04, is provided in the following table:
| Inclusion Funding | In-Service Training Funding |
| Education Authority | Each year in2002-03 and 2003-04 | Each year in 2002-3 and 2003-04 |
| Scotland | £20,000,000 | £6,743,551 |
| Aberdeen City | £789,565 | £243,860.00 |
| Aberdeenshire | £940,276 | £314,316.00 |
| Angus | £423,887 | £133,425.00 |
| Argyll and Bute | £325,925 | £120,118.00 |
| Clackmannanshire | £195,108 | £87,574.00 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £553,058 | £204,150 |
| Dundee City | £558,378 | £175,170 |
| East Ayrshire | £481,870 | £171,107 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £423,835 | £150,958 |
| East Lothian | £347,795 | £94,421 |
| East Renfrewshire | £355,731 | £119,384 |
| Edinburgh, City of | £1,556,880 | £421,294 |
| Eilean Siar | £108,255 | £79,029 |
| Falkirk | £554,271 | £239,294.00 |
| Fife | £1,395,147 | £460,982.00 |
| Glasgow City | £2,376,008 | £810,632.00 |
| Highland | £830,808 | £263,421.00 |
| Inverclyde | £345,629 | £123,676.00 |
| Midlothian | £320,536 | £93,362.00 |
| Moray | £349,302 | £113,528.00 |
| North Ayrshire | £572,830 | £196,810.00 |
| North Lanarkshire | £1,351,617 | £466,277.00 |
| Orkney Islands | £79,021 | £85,618.00 |
| Perth and Kinross | £507,760 | £152,392.00 |
| Renfrewshire | £706,957 | £240,084.00 |
| Scottish Borders | £390,199 | £98,780.00 |
| Shetland Islands | £99,365 | £65,900.00 |
| South Ayrshire | £430,454 | £144,918.00 |
| South Lanarkshire | £1,246,360 | £420,269.00 |
| Stirling | £336,306 | £134,115.00 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £402,433 | £137,510.00 |
| West Lothian | £644,434 | £181,177.00 |
| Total | £20,000,000 | £6,743,551 |
Note:In addition to the in-service training funding above for teachers and other staff, a further £1,079,450 has been allocated for training for educational psychologists each year. This funding is allocated to local authorities on the basis of trainee placements sponsored.SEN Innovation Grant Programme funding cannot be broken down by local authority area because grants are awarded to voluntary and non-statutory organisations to carry out projects in the field of special educational needs. Some of these projects will be carried out across Scotland on a national basis, whilst others will be carried out in local areas.Funding is allocated directly to the seven grant-aided special schools, and not direct to local authorities, and these schools are open to pupils from across Scotland. £8.8 million has been allocated to these grant-aided special schools for 2002-03.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering providing additional funding for local authorities to establish, and assist in the operation of, local land fora.
Answer
The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill places a number of new duties on local authorities in respect of access, including the establishment of local access forums. The financial implications of these new duties are being considered as part of the current spending review.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it forsees for local land fora if the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is enacted.
Answer
Section 24 (1) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill requires each local authority to establish at least one local access forum in its area. Section 24 (2) sets down the functions of these forums as being "to advise the local authority and any other person or body consulting the forum on matters having to do with the exercise of access rights or the drawing up and adoption of a plan for a system of core paths". It is also intended that forums may assist in the resolution of disputes about the exercise of access rights, the drawing up and adoption of core path plans or the use of core paths.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to (a) introducing "rucksack" funding packages for children with special educational needs, which follow the child throughout his or her education, and (b) funding such packages centrally.
Answer
We have no plans to introduce such arrangements. The majority of funding for special educational needs provision is provided to local authorities through grant-aided expenditure and is so allocated to allow authorities to deliver effective provision, which takes account of local needs and circumstances and economies of scale. Within the funding available to them local authorities can implement integrated packages of education and care, including joint funding arrangements agreed with other agencies, for individual children with special educational needs.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is accessible to the public in respect of the #122,132,000 held by local authorities in Common Good Funds at 31 March 2000.
Answer
Information about the amount of monies held in Common Good Funds in Scotland is not held centrally. Any member of the public may, at certain advertised times, inspect a local authorities accounts and relating documentation including the Common Good Funds, under section 101 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available to the public about Common Good Funds.
Answer
Section 101 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 provides that, at certain advertised times, any member of the public may inspect and make copies of a local authorities accounts and related papers, including the Common Good Funds.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Common Good Funds held by local authorities are subject to statutory audit procedures.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25754.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent figures are for Common Good Funds held by local authorities.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to monitor local authorities' transactions in respect of Common Good Funds.
Answer
Common Good funds are administered by local authorities and therefore fall within the audit of local authority accounts. The body responsible for securing these audits is the Accounts Commission for Scotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what rules and regulations apply to the operation of Common Good Funds held by local authorities.
Answer
Local authorities are bound by section 75, 93 and 94 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 in the operation of Common Good Funds. Particular funds may also have their own restrictions.
