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Purchasing Managers Index To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the latest Bank of Scotland’s purchasing managers index.
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Annual Population Survey (accessed on 17 January 2023).The Committee also considered whether there were different drivers in economic inactivity for men and women. The latest available data from the Annual Population Survey is shown in Figure 5 below–
Figure 5Annual Population SurveyiiiOffice for National Statistics (2023).
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The Minister went on to explain that-
One of the ways that we are seeking to solve that is through the discretionary funding that we have provided to local government, and I have already referred to the latest tranche of £80 million. That reflects the recognition that councils have local knowledge that they can bri...
The Keeper’s duty to issue a written statement verifying registration of an assignation document under section 26(1) of the Act will include, as well as the information required by subsection (2) of that section, any further information that the Keeper considers appropriate.
In early 2025, Audit Scotland published its latest report on additional support for learning, which suggested that the Scottish Government should "fundamentally rethink how they plan, fund and staff additional support for learning as part of core school education in Scotland."
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
She noted SHRC’s report last year on how the Scottish budget for 2021-22 stacked up against international best practice showed that scores were up across the board on participation, transparency and oversight. When compared with the latest country rankings in the OBS global rankings for 2023, she noted that all three of Scotland’s scores sit higher than the...
Figure 1: Scottish Budget Process timelineInfographic timeline showing the Scottish Budget Process by calendar monthSPICeThe Committee produces annual guidance for other committees on the budget process, including a range of possible approaches they might take. The latest Budget Process 2026-27: Guidance for Committees3Budget Process 2026-27: Guidance for C...
The Scottish Government’s response of 20 December 2023 explains that the 2018 Programme for Government made a commitment to update codes of practice for the welfare of farmed animals and that “the main reason for moving from animal welfare codes to guidance is to provide a more practical method for good practice information to be published and updated quickly in order to keep stockkeepers up to date with developing scientific evidence and the latest...