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Committee reports
Date published:
14 May 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Consultation
Audit is exceptionally important because of our requirement to ensure—quite rightly—that we are using public funds correctly".vIbid.
In response to criticisms around the provision to suspend benefits if there was a continued failure to provide information, the Cabinet Secretary commented—
I suggest that, if the audit system was entirely voluntary, someone w...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 April 2024
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape - A Strategic Approach - Standards Commission for Scotland
Scrutiny sessions by Parliamentary committees
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 12 December 2023
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 10 January 2023
Reports by Audit Scotland
Standards Commission for Scotland 2021/22 Annual Audit Report
Budget
The SPCB approved a revised cash budget of £301,000 and contingency funding of £33,000 ...
Committee reports
Date published:
8 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill - Introduction of a complainer's fee
He explained that many complainers have vulnerabilities, and some may have no access to funds. He questioned how such a system could work in practice commenting that if it were means-tested this would add further bureaucratic and banking arrangement complexity which would invariably add overall costs to the system.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 November 2023
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill - Key policing organisations
The SPA also manages and delivers forensic services across Scotland and is responsible for independent custody visiting, where it monitors the welfare of those in police custody.
All funding for Police Scotland goes through the SPA.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill - Publicly searchable record of disqualified trustees
Senior managers can have significant responsibility for charitable funds and running the organisation, and we consider it is the right thing to do in terms of transparency and accountability.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 March 2023
Legislative Consent Memorandum - Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill
The additional expenditure resulting from the Bill will be funded by the UK Government.
To facilitate the allocation of the additional payments to Scottish claimants, the Bill will make modifications to some required provisions, including modifications to Section 34 of the Scotland Act 2016 to allow data sharing between DWP and the Scottish Ministers.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 December 2022
Report on the Financial Memorandum for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Phasing of transfer of functions
In evidence to the Committee, the Fraser of Allander Institute added that previous examples of change - such as the transition away from long-stay hospitals into communities for people with learning disabilities - had two systems running in parallel for a period, was not rushed and there was sufficient funding to ensure that the transition could take place ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 February 2022
Citizens' Assemblies - an international comparison - Annex 2: Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-14 Topics, Recommendations and Outcomes.
Extend gender quotes for party candidates to local, Seanad and European elections.
Make funding to public bodies contingent on reaching a 40% gender balance by 2025.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 January 2022
Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile - Local authority assistance for kinship carers
The Programme for Government 2015-16 announced that from October 2015, eligible kinship care families would receive the same kinship care allowance as foster carers. Funding of £10.1 million per year for local authorities was also announced.3Scottish Government. (2020).
Committee reports
Date published:
10 January 2022
Judged on progress: The need for urgent delivery on Scottish justice sector reforms - Conclusions and recommendations
Recommendation: The Committee recommends that the Scottish Prison Service provides details about what programmes are currently available in prisons to rehabilitate users of drugs and how much funding is associated with these initiatives.
