Written Question · S3W-25653 · Session 3
In light of the findings of the Community Service Visibility Project: Final Report, completed by the Fife and Forth Valley Community Justic…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the findings of the Community Service Visibility Project: Final Report, completed by the Fife and Forth Valley Community Justice Authority Board and presented to the Justice Committee on 9 June 2009, how much additional funding it plans to provide to community justice authorities in order to increase the visibility of community service and increase the level of public understanding and confidence in community service as a court disposal, broken down by community justice authority.
The answer
In March 2008, all Community Justice Authorities (CJAs) were invited to submit bids for challenge funding to support the delivery of innovative community service visibility projects. Three CJAs received the following funding for six months pilot exercises:
Fife and Forth Valley
- £13,530.
Glasgow
- £35,000.
South West Scotland
- £20,000.
In addition, all CJAs have been provided with additional funding to support the delivery of credible and robust community service orders. In the 2009-10 financial year, injection of an additional £2 million for this purpose has been followed by a further £1.5 million. The additional funding broken down by individual CJA is as follows:
Community Justice Authority
| Total Additional Allocations
Fife and Forth Valley
| £425,320
Glasgow
| £600,428
Lanarkshire
| £579,487
Lothian and Borders
| £369,624
Northern
| £318,609
North Strathclyde
| £441,330
South West Scotland
| £486,745
Tayside
| £263,039
In the 2010-11 financial year, a further £4 million will be made available to CJAs for this purpose. Decisions on allocations to individual CJAs of the additional monies will be taken later this year, as announced in parliamentary question S3W-25144 on 3 July 2009.
CJAs are responsible for taking decisions on the extent to which they would wish to use any of the additional funding made available for the purpose of improving the visibility of community service.
Fife and Forth Valley
- £13,530.
Glasgow
- £35,000.
South West Scotland
- £20,000.
In addition, all CJAs have been provided with additional funding to support the delivery of credible and robust community service orders. In the 2009-10 financial year, injection of an additional £2 million for this purpose has been followed by a further £1.5 million. The additional funding broken down by individual CJA is as follows:
Community Justice Authority
| Total Additional Allocations
Fife and Forth Valley
| £425,320
Glasgow
| £600,428
Lanarkshire
| £579,487
Lothian and Borders
| £369,624
Northern
| £318,609
North Strathclyde
| £441,330
South West Scotland
| £486,745
Tayside
| £263,039
In the 2010-11 financial year, a further £4 million will be made available to CJAs for this purpose. Decisions on allocations to individual CJAs of the additional monies will be taken later this year, as announced in parliamentary question S3W-25144 on 3 July 2009.
CJAs are responsible for taking decisions on the extent to which they would wish to use any of the additional funding made available for the purpose of improving the visibility of community service.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-25653 by reference.