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APSE Scotland Roundtable: Proposed Reform of Local Governance (LGR) survey

Following the recent announcement issued by Scottish Government regarding proposals for Reform of Local Governance, APSE Scotland will be hosting a free roundtable event on Wednesday 28 October (10am - 11am). This event will provide an opportunity for Elected Members and Officers from Scottish local authorities to share their thoughts and views on these initial proposals. In order to gather feedback in advance of the event to aid discussion on the day, APSE would be grateful if you could take the time to complete the short survey below. If all responses could be submitted by no later than Friday 23 October this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your time in relation to the short survey below.

Scotland's proposals for Reform of Local Governance

1.Do you agree with the following propostion?
Scotland’s current local government arrangements are replaced with a smaller number (6 to 10) of regional authorities focussing on strategic decision-making, with a substantial number (120-160) of community authorities focused on local decision-making.

Yes

No

Unsure

Any Additional Comments (please specify)

2.Do you think Scotland's local government needs structural reform?

Yes

No

Unsure

Any additional Comments (please specify)

3.Do you think reform can take place without structural change via transformation such as shared services (e.g. public to public innovations, joint boards and joint committees)?

Yes

No

Unsure

Any additional comments (please specify)

4.What model of delivery is best able to have the flexibility to deal with service transformation?

Inhouse/ Direct delivery

Contracted out (outsourced)

Third sector

Mixed economy

Any additional comments (please specify)

5.Which of the following statements do you agree most with?

The voluntary/third sector should be a primary delivery model in public service delivery

The voluntary/third sector provide good additionality in limited areas of public service delivery

The voluntary/third sector are reliant upon public funding and do not offer savings

Any additional comments (please specify)

6.Do you think it should be one-size-fits-all?

Yes

No

Unsure

Any additional comments (please specify)

7.Do you think that Islands need bespoke solutions?

Yes

No

Unsure

Any additional comments (please specify)

8.Do you think that the timeline of "before the end of 2026" is sufficient to engage with partners, "to find as much common ground as is possible and reach a shared direction" about solutions?

Yes

No

Unsure

Any additional comments (please specify)

9.Do you agree that:
Councillors should continue to be elected at the current ward level, sitting on both the community authority and on the associated regional authority.

Yes

No

Unsure

Any additional comments (please specify)

10.Which local authority services do you think would be better dealt with at a regional authority level? (tick all that apply)

Housing

Strategic planning

Employability support (e.g. skills, jobs and growth)

Transport including Regional Transport Partnerships and potentially some functions currently with Transport Scotland

Roads and highways services

Waste and cleansing services

Civil defence

Resilience and response (shared with national government)

Regulatory services

Early learning and education

Other (please specify)

11.Which local authority services do you think would be better dealt with at a local level? (tick all that apply)

Planning, commissioning and delivery of joined up, community-based support that is person-centred and responsive to local need, including Whole Family Support

Planning applications

Community planning

Licensing decisions

Roads and highways services

Waste collection and recycling

Waste disposal

Street cleansing / Streetscene services

Regeneration of local town centres

Parks and public realm

Sports and leisure

Culture and recreation including libraries

Services to schools including catering and cleaning

Cemeteries and crematoria

Other (please specify)

12.Will the proposals in your view assist in improving social care services?

Yes

No

Unsure

Other (please specify)

Local Authority Details

We would like to contact you with more information about the survey results but all responses will be anonymised. Please therefore provide your details below:

13.Name

14.Job Title

15.Council

16.Contact E-Mail

*17.By submitting this form you agreeing to our GDPR policy(Required.)

Yes, I agree

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