What the annual costs of neighbourhood wardens are and how many such wardens there are, broken down by local authority area.

Answered Asked by Bruce McFee SNP Lodged 3 Sep 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual costs of neighbourhood wardens are and how many such wardens there are, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Margaret Curran on 16 Sep 2003 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The Scottish Executive’s funding programme to extend Community Wardens across Scotlanddoes not come into operation until April 2004. The Executive currently fundsthe warden scheme in Renfrewshire, through the Better Neighbourhood ServicesFund. Excluding start-up costs, the scheme is estimated to cost approximately£260,000 per annum, and employs 17 staff (16 wardens plus one support worker).

In the Official Report

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