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New approach through community budgeting
31/10/2002
A new approach to modernising public services is to
be tried out in 12 areas of Scotland it was announced
today.
Margaret Curran, Minister for Social Justice, revealed
which Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) would try out
community budgeting in a two-year exercise to find out
whether it delivers better local services, particularly in
deprived communities, or for communities of interest such
as the elderly or children.
Community budgeting is a method of allowing local
authorities and their partners, including NHS Boards, the
police and community groups, to examine the level and
nature of public spending in their area.
The information can then be used to develop services
designed to meet specific needs, either within a local area
or for a particular community of interest.
Ms Curran said:
"The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that
services should be responsive and flexible to the needs of
the community that is being provided for and shaped in a
manner that suits the varied needs of diverse communities.
The community budgeting approach is clearly one of the
means of taking forward these issues.
"The 12 pilots I am announcing today will enable us to
test out the community budgeting approach before
considering any wider application in Scotland. CPPs are
being asked to develop their own approach to community
budgeting. This may mean looking at spend for example on
key service areas, or within specific communities of
interest, to help us gain a better understanding of how
spending links to outcomes and where improvements might be
made.
"This approach will ultimately assist in the development
of local community planning by recognising how services are
being delivered, how money is being spent and what the
needs of the communities involved are."
The 12 CPP's and the funding provided in
2002-03/2003-04 are as follows:
North Lanarkshire £191,800/£282,800
South Lanarkshire £191,800/£282,800
Glasgow £191,800/£282,800
Edinburgh £191,800/£282,800
Fife £191,800/£282,800
Highlands £164,400/£242,400
Aberdeen City £164,400/£242,400
Aberdeenshire £164,400/£242,400
North Ayrshire £137,000/£202,000
South Ayrshire £137,000/£202,000
East Ayrshire £137,000/£202,000
Dumfries and Galloway £137,000/£202,000.
The Community Regeneration Statement, published in June,
made clear that Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) were
to be included within the community planning framework.