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Given those circumstances HM Treasury agreed with the Scottish Government that it could choose whether to update BGAs according to the latest forecasts from the UK Budget or alternatively use the provisional BGAs.
At the moment, we have children and families social work teams at 60 to 70 per cent capacity, so this will be a stretch.Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting of 26 April 2023, Col 39
As a consequence, he stated—
the reality is that, with the infrastructure that we have in Scotland, it is almost inconceivable to me that we will not have to u...
Convener: Johann Lamont
Deputy Convener:
Gail Ross (from 5 September 2019)
Angus MacDonald (until 26 August 2019)
Membership: The committee has 5 members.
Four were supportive of the proposed changes, noting that it was preferable to businesses for new controls to be introduced with adequate notice to allow business planning, whilst two of the responses sought additional information on the extension of TSP arrangements.
For the first time in Scotland, this will also enable the collection of robust and accurate data on the scientific workforce, as staff will be recorded correctly within systems according to the new classifications. This will support future planning and decision making around key areas such as planning for workforce and education.
Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 26 January, the Committee expects to consider application for recognition from four Cross-Party Groups.