There are 152,601 results relating to "flexible workforce development fund"
Order by
|
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Proposed Good Food Nation Plan: Scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee - Collaboration
It requests that it is kept updated about the Cabinet Secretary's proposal that guidance for CPPs could be developed.
East Renfrewshire Council expressed concerns that the role of the third sector is not sufficiently included in the draft Plan:
"The plan under-represents the critical role of Third Sector and community groups in delivering a Good Food Nation...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 August 2025
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Section 13 - Child's attendance at children's hearings and hearings before sheriff
In requiring this attendance, the hearing or the sheriff must have regard to the following:
if the child's attendance would place the child's health, safety or development at risk
taking account of the child's age and maturity, whether the child would be capable of understanding what happens.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 August 2025
A review of inter-governmental cooperation and communication during Ukraine resettlement efforts in Scotland - 6.4 Communication and collaboration
Whilst governments should be responsible for developing a crisis response policy – and the initial stages of the response may require operational involvement of governments – implementation of the policy should as far as possible be the responsibility of those at the appropriate level and with operational experience.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 July 2025
Intergovernmental activity update Q2 2025 - Legislative consent
Find out more about legislative consent on the Scottish Parliament's website, and in this November 2024 SPICe blog. SPICe has also developed two tools that can be used to track legislative consent at the Scottish Parliament, which can be accessed on SPICe's intergovernmental activity hub.
News
Published:
30 June 2025
Views sought on proposals which would introduce the crime of ecocide into Scots law for the first time
“While protecting the environment is vital, it’s also important to ensure that any new measures strike the right balance - avoiding disproportionate costs for public bodies, individuals and businesses, or inhibiting development or infrastructure in places where it is needed and wanted.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2025
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 - Data on individuals in order to target specific support for individuals
Ms Buchanan added that this would be a more efficient approach than 32 local authorities each developing their own approach.iSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report, 21 November 2024, Col 21
A data-sharing agreement is in place between DWP and the Scottish Government.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Committee consideration
Both industry representatives and the Fish Health Inspectorate explained the methodology for counting was well-established and based on "the minimum requirement to achieve a meaningful count". Automated counting through developments in artificial intelligence was identified as offering a potential solution to allowing a more sizeable and rapid counting of s...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 December 2024
Education (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Annex A
Pam Duncan-Glancy indicated that Barry Black had carried out policy development work for her office. Ross Greer indicated that Professor Mark Priestley had been commissioned to carry out policy work for his office.
3.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Land reform - A brief introduction
Introducing a right to buy land to further sustainable development.
The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) has five land commissioners, and one tenant farming commissioner.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 April 2024
Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Victims and Prisoners Bill - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee consideration
Specifically, the circumstances in which payments would be held in trust and the possibility for repayments
The Chair should be responsible for all governance, management, structural, operational and organisational development.
The existing support scheme in Scotland (SIBSS) should be kept separate from the compensation scheme and guaranteed for life
Suppor...
