Submission Documents: By Councillor Pauline McKeever:- "Council recognises the important work that Glasgow Community Justice Authority has been engaged in since 2006 to reduce reoffending and make our communities safer; notes the Community Justice Bill which received Royal Assent on 21st March 2016; understands that the Bill abolishes Scotland's eight community justice authorities and will establish a new national body - Community Justice Scotland; is concerned that only £1.6m has been made available over the next three years as transitional funding to be equally split among the 32 local authorities; believes that this bears little if any relationship to the likely cost that will be incurred in Glasgow; is further concerned that there will be a loss of expertise as a result of the changes and believes that there is a lack of clarity around the roles and responsibilities at local and national level in the new structure; calls for the funding arrangement to be reviewed to more accurately reflect the scale and complexity of the necessary work and the scale of need in Glasgow; instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Justice Minister, Michael Matheson MSP, to highlight Council's concerns and request that consideration is given to additional funding on an ongoing basis to fully support transition at local level." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Pauline McKeever:- "Council recognises the important work that Glasgow Community Justice Authority has been engaged in since 2006 to reduce reoffending and make our communities safer; notes the Community Justice Bill which received Royal Assent on 21st March 2016; understands that the Bill abolishes Scotland's eight community justice authorities and will establish a new national body - Community Justice Scotland; is concerned that only £1.6m has been made available over the next three years as transitional funding to be equally split among the 32 local authorities; believes that this bears little if any relationship to the likely cost that will be incurred in Glasgow; is further concerned that there will be a loss of expertise as a result of the changes and believes that there is a lack of clarity around the roles and responsibilities at local and national level in the new structure; calls for the funding arrangement to be reviewed to more accurately reflect the scale and complexity of the necessary work and the scale of need in Glasgow; instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Justice Minister, Michael Matheson MSP, to highlight Council's concerns and request that consideration is given to additional funding on an ongoing basis to fully support transition at local level.".

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Item Minute - 27 October 2016 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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