FOOTNOTES
1. For example, the introduction of Community Planning Partnerships, the 32 area based Social Inclusion Partnerships which they replaced, and the utilisation of the Scottish Multiple Deprivation index to inform policy targeting.
2. For example, the catalyst for change provided through the Changing Children's Services Fund.
3. Kelly, P. (2005) Closing The Opportunity Gap: Objectives and Targets. The Poverty Alliance Briefing 3. Edinburgh: The Poverty Alliance.
4. Scottish Executive (2002, p.2) Closing the Opportunity Gap: Scottish Budget 2003-2006. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
5. Scottish Executive (1999) Social Justice: A Scotland Where Everyone Matters. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
6. Scottish Executive (2000) Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2000. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive; Scottish Executive (2001) Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2001. A Scotland Where Everyone Matters. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.; Scottish Executive (2002) Social Justice … A Scotland Where Everyone Matters - Annual Report 2002. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.; Scottish Executive (2003) Social Justice … A Scotland Where Everyone Matters - Indicators of Progress 2003. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
7. Post 2003 data on the original 29 Social Justice Milestones can still be accessed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Social-Inclusion/17415/milestones#top
8. Scottish Executive (2005) CtOG Target 5. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Social-Inclusion/17415/ctogtargetd/ctogtargetd Accessed 7th July, 2005.
9. Scottish Executive (2003) The local government in Scotland Act. Community Planning: Statutory Guidancehttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/localgov/cpsg-00.asp#0
10. Scotland's Community Planning website http://www.communityplanning.org.uk/index.html
11. Scottish Executive (2004) Community Regeneration Fund: Guidance on Regeneration Outcome Agreements http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1123/0007483.doc
12. Townsend I and Kennedy S (2004) Poverty: Measures and Targets House of Commons Research Paper 04/23 http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2004/rp04-023.pdf
13. Scottish Executive (2003) Measuring Deprivation in Scotland : Scottish Executive responsehttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/mdisr-00.asp
14. Peter Townsend, Poverty in the United Kingdom, 1979, p31
15. Social Justice Milestone 9 sought to "bring the poorest-performing 20% of pupils, in terms of Standard Grade achievement, closer to the performance of all pupils" (Scottish Executive, 1999), while CtOG Target F seeks to "increase the average tariff score of the lowest attaining 20 per cent of S4 pupils by 5% by 2008".
16. DWP (2002) Measuring child poverty: a consultation document, London: DWPhttp://www.dwp.gov.uk/ofa/related/measuring_child_poverty.pdf
17. For example see Sutherland H, Sefton T and Piachaud D (2003) Poverty in Britain: the impact of government policy since 1997, York: JRFhttp://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/043.asp
18. Scottish Executive (2003) Developing a Confident, Democratic Scotland. In A Partnership for a Better Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/government/pfbs-00.asp
19. McNeish, D. (2005) Executive Debate on Closing the Opportunity Gap. Edinburgh: Citizens Advice Scotland .; Kelly, P. (2005) Closing The Opportunity Gap: Objectives and Targets. The Poverty Alliance Briefing 3. Edinburgh: The Poverty Alliance.