- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding would be required by local authorities to implement full cost recovery for voluntary organisations delivering public services.
Answer
Local authoritiesare fully funded to provide services at local level and all organisations shouldbe paid the costs for delivering any given service.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide additional funds to local authorities to implement the principle of full cost recovery for voluntary organisations delivering public services.
Answer
Organisations shouldbe paid the full costs for providing a service, and we expect local authoritiesand third sector organisations to conduct suitable negotiations for service deliverythat take all costs into account.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information gathering it has undertaken or will undertake or commission to assess the (a) measures needed to achieve and (b) costs associated with the achievement of the 2012 target to end priority need in homelessness assessments.
Answer
As stated in responseto answer to question S3W-1134 on 26 June 2007 the Scottish Government will discuss these issues withstakeholders, taking account of information gathered from annual outcome and progressreports submitted by local authorities, homelessness statistics and other data sources.These will include the sources set out in the Statement on Abolition of PriorityNeed published in December 2005 under section 3 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2005.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.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total estimated cost is of meeting the 2012 target to end priority need assessment in relation to homelessness, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
A wide range of actionsis required to meet the 2012 target and it is for each local authority to decidethe most effective methods of achieving the target in their area. Central Governmentfunding for homelessness services, housing supply and the wider range of servicesrequired to meet the target will be considered as part of the Spending Review process.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 20 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds it will provide to the voluntary sector to implement the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (a) for training, (b) for carrying out disclosure checks on any existing staff members that will be within the scope of the Act, (c) for administration costs for organisations within the scope of the scheme, (d) for any increase in the fee level for an initial disclosure check and (e) in total.
Answer
We are committed toensuring that the implementation of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 is carefully managed and that all sectors andusers are supported through the transition from the existing multiple disclosureregime to the new modern, streamlined, efficient and effective vetting and barringsystem. It is recognised that this is of particular relevance to the voluntary sectorespecially small, voluntary organisations. As implementation plans are developedand advanced, careful consideration will be given to specific and aggregate fundingrequired for this sector and we will keep the Scottish Parliament and stakeholdersinformed of progress and plans through regular reports.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 20 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to bring the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 into force.
Answer
The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 is intended to deliver a modern, streamlined,efficient and effective vetting and barring system. The legislation will come into force once all the constituent elementsare in place to ensure that that is what is delivered. This necessarily involvesthe development of processes and IT systems, a comprehensive programme of consultationand secondary legislation and guidance and training for users prior to the systemgoing live. A substantial implementationprogramme has already begun but it is too early in that process to be definitive about when the legislationwill come into force. We will keep the Scottish Parliament and stakeholders informedof progress and planned commencement dates through regular reports.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has in respect of any financial consequentials from the announcement in the 2007 UK budget of a new £80 million community fund for small community groups.
Answer
The Scottish Government’sspending plans for the period 2008-11 will be announced in late autumn, when thestrategic spending review is concluded.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the current funding arrangements provided by (a) it and its agencies and (b) local authorities to voluntary organisations have been for a period of less than three years.
Answer
This information isnot available centrally.
We support the practiceof three-year funding for the voluntary sector across the public sector and encouragethe use of longer term funding agreements, where possible, to provide a stable andefficient operating environment for the sector.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding provided by (a) it and its agencies and (b) local authorities to voluntary organisations has been for a period of less than three years.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2446 on 14 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure that the £200,000 minimum eligible project costs for applications to the forthcoming round of European Structural Funds will not be prejudicial to voluntary organisations.
Answer
I will write to youshortly on this issue, setting out in more detail an answer to your question.
