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Annual report of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 2025-26
A report covering the work of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee during the 2025-26 Parliamentary year.
This forecast determines the amount added to or deducted from the 2022-23 Scottish budget from income tax devolution.July 2024Outturn data of 2022-23 income tax revenues published.September 2024Fiscal Framework Outturn report published. 2022-23 outturn income tax net position and reconciliation requirement is now known.December 2024Draft Scottish Budget 2025-26 published. Reconciliation applied to the 2025-26 budget.The Scottish Government is able to borrow money to account for reconciliations up to a limit of £655 million per year and a total of £1,910 million (as of 2026-27).
The Scottish Government's Provisional Outturn and Budget Estimates (POBE) publication shows that, in 2026-27, Council Tax will likely bring in £3.5 billion for Scotland's councils, an estimated 19% of total local government general funding1Scottish Government. (2026). Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates.
The Committee’s report noted that a key issue raised by stakeholders was the importance of meeting people's essential needs.Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
2025-26: Members scrutinised third sector funding principles and noted the Scottish Government’s acknowledgement that improvement was needed in this area.
Chart 2 below shows the changing short-term prison population from 26 March 2020.
Chart 2: Prison populations by overall sentence, 26 March 2020 to 1 October 2024Safer communities and justice statistics (Scottish Government)* Total short-term prisoners in this chart includes those under "Short: < 4 years" and "Sho...
Chart 3 below shows the changing long-term prison population from 26 March 2020.
Chart 3: Prison populations by overall sentence, 26 March 2020 to 1 October 2024Safer communities and justice statistics (Scottish Government)* Total short-term prisoners in this chart includes those under "Short: < 4 years" and "Shor...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
In preparation for a bill being brought forward, the Committee began work on CWB, undertaking a visit to Cumbrae island in North Ayrshire to see examples of local businesses and community action, and subsequently holding a round-table evidence session on 26 MarchOfficial Report of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, 26 March 2024 with a range of stakeholders engaged in CWB.
The Scottish Government responded to the Committee's report on 21 September 2022, and the UK Government responded on 26 January 2023. A debate on this issue took place in the Chamber on 1 November 2022.
Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill
Bill Number: SP Bill 55
Introduced on: 26 September 2019
Introduced by: Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Private Bill)
Passed: 3 December 2020
Royal Assent: 20 January 2021
Passage of the Bill
The Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill (the Bill) is a Private Bill which was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 26 September 2019 by the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland ("the Promoter").