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Developing Local Outcome Agreements for the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund

APPENDIX B
Pathfinder Interview Topic Guide

BNSF Topic Reports
Local Outcome Agreements

'Assessing the impact of Local Outcome Agreements during programme design, submission and initial implementation of the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund'.

Pathfinder:


Date:


Consultee:


  • Notes from files:
  • Did Pathfinders feel the concept and use of LOAs was adequately explained by the Scottish Executive?
  • How useful did Pathfinders find the Executive's guidance?
  • Was the time allowed sufficient to engage communities and partners?
  • Were the baseline statistics and the service mapping requirements realistic?
  • What challenges (workload, data, consultation, timescale) were faced by Pathfinders in submitting and finalising the LOAs?
  • Who were the key LA/community planning partners personnel responsible for drafting the LOA?
  • Have there been any early signs of change in the nature of the relationship between the Scottish Executive and councils or the way councils engage with community planning partners?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of LOAs (e.g. flexibility, defining own outcomes) compared to other more prescriptive policy approaches?
  • Adv:
  • Disadv:
  • Are LOAs too rigid to allow for changing circumstances during implementation?
  • What lessons about LOAs have been learnt so far? Would you have done anything differently in terms of the design and submission of LOA?

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