10 December 2008

LOCAL AUTHORITY/GOVERNMENT

A Mine of Opportunities. Local Authorities and the regeneration of the English Coalfields (27th November 2008)
This report looks at ten years of regeneration of England's former coalfields. We find they are a story of renewal and growth with local authorities and their partners deserving much of the credit. Regeneration actions have made significant progress on greening mineworkings, building new homes, roads and commercial sites, and creating jobs, but some people have been left behind. National and European funding has supported this transformation and continued national funding is important. The remaining problems in the coalfields of bad health, poor school results, poor motivation and low skills - that create barriers to employment - will require innovative actions by councils and their partners.
Report
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LASSL(DH)(2008)3: Adults’ personal social services: distribution of single capital pot and specific capital allocations in 2009-10 and 2010-11 (26th November 2008)

This letter informs local authorities of the confirmed distribution for 2009-10 and provisional distribution for 2010-11 of the Social Care and the Mental Health elements of the single capital pot. The figures were previously published in LASSL(DH) (2007)3 and this circular confirms the 2009-10 allocations, including those for the new unitary authorities. Details of the allocations, by local authority, are provided in Annex A to this circular. This letter also contains confirmed 2009-10 and provisional 2010-11 allocations to local authorities of specific capital grants. These can be found in annexes C and D.
Circular

LASSL(DH)(2008)4: Adults’ personal social services: specific revenue and capital grant allocations and contributions to Area Bases Grant for 2009-10 and 2010-11; Children’s services: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services contribution to Area Based Grant for 2009-10 and 2010-11 (26th November 2008)
This letter is issued to local authorities to confirm both their adults’ Personal Social Services (PSS) specific revenue and capital grant funding and the Department of Health’s contributions to the Area Based Grant in support of social care policies, including children’s PSS funding insofar as this is provided by the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) contribution. Details of individual funding stream allocations (where these are available), and a brief description of each area, appear in the relevant annexes. In addition to CAMHS, the funding streams in support of Carers and Local Involvement Networks (LINks) contributed by the Department of Health are intended to support both children and adults’ services. It is therefore important for this circular to be brought to the attention of those responsible for children’s services.
Circular

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