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This section includes SPICe research briefings dating back to April 2017.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  2. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 November 2025

Displaying 258 SPICe briefings

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Exploring Employability Funding Allocation in Scotland

Subjects: Business and Industry | Economy and Finance

Briefing number: SB 25-04

Published: 13 March 2025

Approaches to recall of elected representatives

Briefing number: SB 25-09

Published: 12 March 2025

Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill

Briefing number: SB 25-08

Published: 12 March 2025

The Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill

Subjects: Business and Industry | Economy and Finance | Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-11

Published: 06 March 2025

Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile 2025 update

Subjects: Education | People and Communities

Briefing number: SB 25-10

Published: 03 March 2025

Intergovernmental activity update Q4 2024

Briefing number: SB 25-05

Published: 30 January 2025

Local government finance: Budget 2025-26 and provisional allocations to local authorities

Subject: Economy and Finance

Briefing number: SB 24-60

Published: 20 December 2024

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2022-2023

Subject: Parliament and Government

Briefing number: SP PAPER 712

Published: 19 December 2024