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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-37588

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of community planning partnership funding has been invested in (a) private and (b) voluntary sector initiatives in each local authority area since their inception.

Question reference: S3W-37589

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of funding through community planning partnerships has been allocated to strategic rather than revenue costs since their inception.

Question reference: S3W-37586

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average administrative cost is per community planning partnership in each local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-37587

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of community planning partnership funding has been spent in support of local authority-driven projects since their inception.

Question reference: S3W-37590

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are employed by each local authority to facilitate community planning partnerships.

Question reference: S3W-37593

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what analysis and methods of measurement it uses to determine whether community planning partnerships reduce duplication and create efficiencies in delivery.

The Scottish Government firmly believes that partnership working is key to making the best use of available resources and improving efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services. In particular, we are seeking efficiency savings across public services of 3 per cent for 2011-12, with each delivery body expected to report publicly on their plans to improve the efficiency of public services, actions undertaken and results achieved.

Question reference: S3W-37594

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what analysis it has undertaken to compare the operation of community planning partnerships in areas where they replaced social inclusion partnerships.

Question reference: S3W-37592

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had to determine whether community planning partnerships represent value for money.

The Scottish Government is committed to the principle of partnership working that delivers outcomes that matter for local people. Audit Scotland carry out risk-based best value audits of local authorities, including community planning. Reports of the audits are in the public domain. Audit Scotland is also planning to undertake a review of community planning partnerships in 2011-12 to assess their effectiveness.

Question reference: S3W-37424

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how much respite funding Glasgow City Council will receive in its local government baseline for 2011-12.

In assessing the overall level of funding to be provided to local authorities in 2011-12, the Scottish Government has negotiated a funding package with the COSLA leadership. For each local authority to secure its share of that package, it will be required to agree to deliver certain commitments, including continuing to work with the Scottish Government towards implementation of the Carers and Young Carers Strategy at local level, including the maintenance of an extra 10,000 weeks respite care. Under the terms negotiated, if Glasgow City Council agrees to deliver the full package, its overall resource funding for 2011-12 will be reduced by 2.6% compared to the funding it received in 2010-11. If the council chooses not to agree to the full package, its resource funding will be reduced by 6.4%.

A provisional funding allocation of the total local government settlement to each council for 2011-12 will be announced to the Parliament in a statement in early December 2010, accompanied by a finance circular issued to local authorities. The provisional allocation will be calculated on the basis that all local authorities will agree the terms of the package. Subject to their responses, final amounts will then be confirmed in two stages, first in a local government finance order which will be laid for parliamentary approval in February 2011, following the passage of the Budget Bill, and second in an amendment order to be laid in March 2011 after all local authorities have set their council tax levels for 2011-12.

Within the total to be provided to Glasgow City Council, under the terms of the local government funding settlement, ring fencing for specific services has largely been removed. As a result, whether or not Glasgow City Council agrees to the package, funding for respite care within the total it receives will not be separately identified. It will be for the council to determine what it spends on respite care.

Question reference: S3W-37426

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what Glasgow City Council's contribution has been to the 8,950 additional respite weeks identified in paragraph 2.1 of Respite Care, Scotland 2010.