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Committee reports
Date published:
4 December 2019
Social Prescribing: physical activity is an investment, not a cost - Social prescribing: an introduction
[accessed 25 November 2019], social prescribing approaches have been used in the NHS for many years, with several schemes dating back to the 1990s. There are a number of definitions and understandings of what social prescribing actually is.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 November 2019
Pre-budget scrutiny 2020-21 - Brexit
The grant is available to all SME VAT registered companies in Scotland, with companies able to apply directly through the ‘Prepare for Brexit’ website. To date, four companies in the HIE region (plus one pending) have received a Brexit support grant.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Mainstreaming nature - international approaches to biodiversity conservation - The 2019 IPBES review - a global call to address 'Nature's Dangerous Decline'
The 2019 IPBES review - a global call to address 'Nature's Dangerous Decline'
In May 2019, the publication of a landmark report on biodiversity by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - the most comprehensive review of the global state of biodiversity to date - came with a stark warning about biodive...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Implications for management
In Scotland, 'freshets' - the water released from hydro schemes - have set dates and times of release. On the River Awe, a 'smolt freshet' is released if there is known to be a build up of smolts upstream due to low flow8SEPA. (2019). 2019 SSE Freshet Schedule v3.0 Final.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 May 2019
Planning (Scotland) Bill: as amended at Stage 2 - Section 4: delegated powers not drawn to the attention of the Parliament
Section 23(3), inserting new section 158E(2) into the 1997 Act – Liability for expenses under enforcement notice
Section 26A, amending section 275(2A) of the 1997 Act – Regulations
Section 26B, inserting new section 275B into the 1997 Act – Ministerial directions
Section 26C, inserting new section 1A into the 1997 Act – Chief planning officers
Section 26E, inserting subsections (3A) to (3F) into section 9 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 – Notice by planning authority of applications for listed building consent
Part 5: Infrastructure levy
Section 30 – Power to change meaning of “infrastructure”
Section 30A(2) – Lapsing of power to provide for levy
Part 6: Final provisions
Section 31A – Power to replace descriptions with actual dates...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 March 2019
Transitions of young people with service and care needs between child and adult services in Scotland - Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004
The education authority is also required to pass on information to appropriate agencies, about the expected leaving date and any other information related to provisions that the authority thinks will help the appropriate agencies to support the young person.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 March 2019
Subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 26 March 2019 - Annex B
This means that the Scottish Government’s share of the additional 2019-20 funding for the Teachers’ scheme is based on costs covering the period 1 September 2019 to 31 March 2020 rather than the whole financial year.
Retaining an implementation date of 1 April creates a significant shortfall between the costs being incurred and the funding provided for 2019...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2019
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal for 2019/20 - Staffing
This includes changes to how professional support is organised to ensure the provision of technical and auditing support is sufficient to enable auditors to be up to date on the technical aspects required to deliver their audits.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 December 2018
Pro-Poor or Pro-Rich? The social impact of local government budgets, 2016-17 to 2018-19 - Local government settlement 2015-16 to 2018-19
Table 1 below sets out the most up to date allocations to local authorities, as in Finance Circular 4/20182Scottish Government. (2018, March 6).
Committee reports
Date published:
28 November 2018
Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Scope of powers in the Bill considered as a whole
The 2017 Act only contains one power in section 3(2) to change the base date for measuring absolute poverty.
The Scottish Government responded that the 2017 Act and the current Bill measure different things in different ways and so the powers required to ensure the legislation can function are also different.
