What representations it has received from the voluntary sector in respect of a lack of ring-fenced funding for voluntary organisations in t…

Answered Asked by Adam Ingram SNP Lodged 3 May 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from the voluntary sector in respect of a lack of ring-fenced funding for voluntary organisations in the Changing Children’s Services Fund.

The answer

Answered by Robert Brown on 15 May 2006 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

We have not received any formalrepresentations from the voluntary sector. The potential for retention of resourcesby local authorities from the transfer of a proportion of the fund into the localgovernment settlement was raised in informal discussions by some local partners.The distribution of fund resources at local level is for local negotiation amongpartners depending on local needs and priorities.
Our guidance emphasises the needfor local partnership working, including with the voluntary sector. Proposals fromlocal partnerships for uptake of allocations must show that they have been agreedby the voluntary sector.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-25575 by reference.