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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 26 November 2020 22nd Meeting, 2020 The Committee will meet at 8:30 am in the Sir Alexander Fleming Room (CR3) 1.
Approved projects have delivered 277 new houses to date and following a review of the new supply capital budget, the new build programme will deliver a further 150 additional new council houses, including both new build and open market acquisition additions.
Bruce Crawford: To ask the Scottish Government by how much police officer numbers have risen over the last year. (S5O-03243) 7. Willie Coffey: To ask the Scottish Government how its new victim support service will help the families of victims of crime and the families of people involved in fatal accidents and sudden ...
Public sector pay policy
The Scottish Government’s public sector pay policy remains unchanged from last year with a 9% pay award limit covering 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28. This is despite some of the agreed pay awards for 2025-26 and 2026-27, such as the NHS Agenda for Change pay deal, not meeting the expectation within the policy’s framework of either covering the three-year period or being restricted to a maximum 3% pay lift for 2025-26.
Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill
The Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill was introduced by the then Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 26 June 2018. The Committee was designated lead Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill on 5 September 20...
While it is difficult to estimate the savings that may be made as a result of this, the Member understands that the costs of running rehoming centres are substantial, with the Scottish SPCA estimating that it costs £42,000 per day 6 7 to run nine rescue and rehoming centres.
S5W-30924 Edward Mountain: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30426 by Humza Yousaf on 21 July 2020, what the maximum capacity of HMP Inverness is when adhering to the latest advice on social-distancing measures.
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 7. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.