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These show the prison population trends over the longer term. The latest data available is from 2022-23, with the 2023-24 data due to be published in December 2024.
The project uses the pooled Scottish sample of Family Resources Survey from 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 and the UK component of EUROMOD. The latest published guide to the UK component is De Agostini (2018).1de Agostini, P. (2018, December).
The latest Improvement Service survey confirms that four local authorities - West Lothian, East Lothian, Midlothian and South Ayrshire - have introduced fees in 2018-19.
The Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2016 indicated (at page 26) that consideration would be given to the case for raising the ACR from eight to 12 years.
An acceptance of the concept of technological obsolescence or the attitude that it would be cheaper just to buy a new one pervades our daily lives—look at the scramble for the next smartphone or tablet device.
The Committee will conclude oral evidence later in May 2024.
Committee Members visiting Broadford Hospital as part of their engagement visit to Skye.Scottish Parliament
Alongside formal evidence-gathering, Committee Members made three visits in connection with the Bill:
On 12 June Members visited George Watson's College, Edinburgh.