Socio-economic duty: consultation
We are seeking your views on how public bodies are working to tackle poverty and inequality.
Footnotes
1. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/part/1
2. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/11/section/38/enacted
3. http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/103404.aspx
4. http://www.gov.scot/publications
5. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15
6. The duty would apply to the preparation of the local development plan by the planning authority, but it would not interfere with the development plan's legal status as the basis for decision making and would not apply to individual planning decisions.
Contact
Email: Karen Armstrong, karen.armstrong@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG