Consultations Update

Below is an overview of the consultations Capability Scotland will be responding to over the next few months. We're always keen to hear the opinions and experiences of staff, people who use our services and the general public.

May 2012

Tenant Information Pack Consultation
Deadline: 18^th May
The overall aim of a Tenant Information Pack is to put is to give new tenants all the information that they need in order to be aware of their rights and responsibilities and those of their landlords in the private rented sector. The consultation seeks views on what information should be contained within a tenant information pack and what the pack should look like. We'd be keen to hear your views on
- What information should be made available to disabled tenants at the beginning of their tenancy?
- In what format should the information be made available?

Read the full Tenant Information Pack Consultation

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA): Reasonable Adjustments to Assessment Arrangements
Deadline: 8^th June
As a General Qualifications Body, SQA has a responsibility to ensure reasonable adjustments are made for disabled candidates in exams and assessments. The SQA believes that publishing a list of adjustments which it considers should not be made could provide clarity and certainty for candidates. It is seeking views on developing this guidance. We would like to know you view on what kind of adjustments should be made so that disabled students are not unfairly disadvantaged during their exams and assessments. We're particularly interested to know:
- Have you or anyone you know ever been unfairly disadvantaged in an exam or assessment because of your disability?
- What kind of guidance should be issued?

Read the full Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA): Reasonable Adjustments to Assessment Arrangements Consultation

Proposed Responsible Parking (Scotland) Bill
Deadline: 30^th June
This proposed Bill aims to allow all pedestrians to travel along the pavement and cross roads free from obstructions caused by parked vehicles. It aims to make pavements accessible for all pedestrians (and particularly wheelchair users) by restricting parking on the pavement and at dropped kerbs. The Bill also seeks to give local authorities new powers to regulate double parking. We're really keen to hear your views on the consultation. In particular:

-Do you have problems using pavements because of parked cars and blocked dropped kerbs?
-Do you think introducing a new law is the best way to deal with this?

Read the full Proposed Responsible Parking (Scotland) Bill

Consultation on National Framework for Child Protection Learning & Development in Scotland
Deadline: 3^rd July 2012
The National Framework for Child Protection, Learning and Development establishes standards that everyone working with children must meet to make sure they deliver a  high standard of support. The aim is to ensure that all workers (paid and unpaid) have the knowledge and skills to contribute to the task of assessing, managing and minimising the risks faced by vulnerable children. We'd really keen to know:
- Do you think the framework is clear and easy to understand?
- Do you think the framework will be useful to you if you work with children?

Read the full Consultation on National Framework for Child Protection Learning & Development in Scotland

Private Sector Housing Strategy
Deadline: 12^th July 2012
The Scottish Government is consulting on improving the quality of the private rented sector (PRS) in Scotland. This consultation seeks your views on how to take this area of work forward. The strategy is part of the overall Scottish Government vision of "a Scotland where all people live in high quality sustainable homes that they can afford and which meet their needs". We're keen to know whether you think the strategy meets the needs of Scotland's disabled people in relation to the private rented sector.  In particular:
- Do you think the priorities identified are the right ones?
- What would need to change to make the private rented sector more accessible to disabled people?

Read the Private Sector Housing Strategy