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The plant, which is a cutting-edge facility that uses the latest manufacturing techniques, has a highly innovative and talented leadership team and a highly skilled workforce.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
Trends in devolved social security spend
Projecting forwards, the latest forecast social security spend in the MTFS shows an increase of 30% (£6,772m to £8,825m) between 2025-26 and 2029-30, and a gap between the forecast BGA and expected spend of £1,823m.
We are now in a good position on that. Since I started, I have had five new members of staff. Having a new member of staff every three weeks is not bad, but it is probably not a sustainable increase.
Scotland’s labour market has continued to perform strongly. The latest data shows that the employment level in Scotland is now 40,000 above its pre-recession peak and 166,000 above the recession trough.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2022
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Nationally, we have enhanced the supply of doctors to fill radiology training posts, with 26new training places over the past four years, which is an increase of 20 per cent.