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Official Report
Meeting date:
7 February 2017
Meeting of the Parliament 07 February 2017
To ensure a better outcome, the time that is spent in temporary accommodation is best used positively to identify the best possible housing option for a household.
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 September 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 24 September 2025
Our schools and dedicated school staff are doing their best to ensure that pupils can benefit from such experiences.
Last updated:
18 September 2026
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Policing, Crime Prevention and the Response to Mental Health Crisis in Mid Scotland and Fife: The Parliament debated S7M-01039 in the name of Stephen Kerr—That the Parliament notes the findings of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland's report, Thematic review of policing mental health in Scotland, which was published in October 2023 and reported that at least half of deployable frontline uniformed officers are regularly engaged in mental health- related calls, a single such call can engage two officers and a vehicle for a full shift and Police Scotland "is filling gaps in the health and social care system in Scotland"; further notes the evidence provided to the Criminal Justice Committee that mental health calls rose from just under 400 per day in 2018 to an average of 666 by the first quarter of 2024, that the officer time absorbed by mental health incidents in 2023-24 was equivalent to 612 full-time constables, which is more than the staffing complement of five local policing divisions, and that approximately 70% of such incidents occur at NHS hospitals; acknowledges the views of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents that present arrangements amount to "mission creep", and of the Scottish Police Federation that handover of mental health crises to the most appropriate service is at best...
Last updated:
28 May 2026
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Expanding Childcare: The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic (Màiri McAllan) moved S7M-00128—That the Parliament believes that every child deserves the best start in life and that a child's earliest years are crucial in their development; recognises the importance of high quality, accessible and affordable childcare in tackling poverty, supp...
Last updated:
29 April 2021
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People & Culture o Group Heads actively use values-based job descriptions to set Office David McGill Head/Team Leaders objectives and provide feedback from January 2021 o Produce a Colleague Engagement Strategy to encourage colleagues to get the best outcomes for Members and the public by April 2021 o Managers actively use values-based job descriptions to s...
Last updated:
18 October 2020
Scottish Parliament Delivery Plan 2020
People and Culture Strategy David McGill o Clerk/Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive actively use values-based job descriptions to set objectives and provide feedback from July 2020 o People & Culture Strategy and Delivery Plan to be agreed by LG by August 2020 o LG use the People and Culture Dashboard to make policy decisions from September 2020 o Group Heads actively use values-based job descriptions to set office heads/team leaders objectives and provide feedback from January 2021 o Managers actively use values-based job descriptions to set objectives and provide feedback from January 2022 o Produce a Colleague Engagement Strategy to encourage colleagues to get the best...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 June 2025
S6W-38528
In July 2023 I announced that three hospitals in Scotland, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital would provide neonatal intensive care for the very smallest and sickest babies, based on evidence provided to The Best Start review by expert academics and professionals, that survival and o...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 August 2024
S6W-28531
It is imperative that the Government ensures appropriate use of public funds and as best value for the taxpayer could not be demonstrated as outlined above, it was clearly not appropriate for the Government to proceed with a contract award at that time.'
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 September 2023
S6W-20747
This advice is based on an assessment of the clinical and cost effectiveness of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid ® ) at a population level based on the best available evidence. The Scottish Government continues to closely monitor the outcomes of any further research to ensure that any decisions to make nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid ® ) available to eligible individuals in Scotland in the future are based on the best available evidence.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2023
S6W-14084
The IGG has commissioned a programme of community engagement, to both disseminate information about forthcoming anti-racism infrastructure and to gather community members' and stakeholders’ perspectives on how it can work best to deliver genuine change-making policy and practice in Scotland.
