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Contributing to the Committee's 2025-26 pre-budget scrutiny on 3 September, Michael Kellet from Public Health Scotland argued that the planned refresh of the NPF offered opportunities to further prioritise preventative spending within health and social care budgets:
[...] we believe that the refreshed NPF and emerging legislation such as the proposed wellbe...
The CCC and others called for stronger metrics to indicate whether a target was on track in real time to allow for correction.iiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 10 September 2024, Col 9 , 25-26 and 28, Official Report, 24 September 2024 cols It may be that annual reports based on emissions data alone are inadequate tools for measur...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
It also noted the relationship between poor quality housing and poverty, reporting that of the people living in poverty in Scotland 41% are social renters, 26% are private renters and 33% are homeowners.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 September 2022
In their view it would be wrong to impose new administrative requirements on businesses who may pass on the associated costs to consumers already facing pressures on their finances.
In addition, we note that these provisions are effectively time-limited, since COP 26 runs from 31 October to 12 November 2021 and it is likely that many participants will have arrived in the UK by the time amendments to the provisions would be in force.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2020
The provision of accessible guidance will be important in ensuring the effective implementation of the new system.4Community Justice Scotland. (2019, August 19).
Estimates in 2017 suggested that the Scottish population aged 75 years or over will rise by 27% over the next 10 years, and by 79% over the next 25 years3National Records of Scotland. (2017, October 26). Projected Population of Scotland (2016-based).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Based on this context, the Committee is unsurprised to hear from Education Scotland that while senior management understand and support the principle of embedding DYW, it remains very much a work in progress to assimilate the programme recommendations into day to day life of all secondary schools at classroom level.8Scottish Parliament. (2018, September 26)...
For instance, in the Highlands and Islands it can take an extra day or two to get cheques physically into the system so that we can get them to the bank and processed.xixEJFW Committee, Official Report, 5 June 2018, col 26
Professor Griggs claimed that the processes for banking through the Post Office are 'overcomplicated' and different depending on the ban...