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Last updated:
13 December 2023
Post Legislative Scrutiny of SDS
COSLA has been a key partner in development of the new Support in the Right Direction fund (£2.9M pa 2018-21).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 September 2018
The Health and Care (Staffing)(Scotland) Bill
As for developing new workforce planning tools, the Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Planning Project estimates that to develop and implement a new tool costs £538,185.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 October 2023
Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2022-23 - Local Government
Does local government have the necessary:
clarity on what issues they should deal with and what central government should deal with.
certainty of funding,
flexibility, and
autonomy
to work effectively and meet the challenges faced in each local authority area?
Committee reports
Date published:
13 May 2022
Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People - Summary of recommendations
The Committee calls on the Scottish Government to collect and share best practice on flexible use of funding for local mental health services towards improving access to sport and physical activity for children and young people living in poverty.
Last updated:
27 June 2025
COSLAs Consultative Draft to Respond to Scotlands Housing ChallengesOpps
Additionally, COSLA will be continuing discussions with Scottish Government Housing officials on the consultative draft and other external partners at future meetings, given they will help inform COSLA’s finalised manifesto. 1 ANNEX 1 – COSLA’s Consultative Draft to Respond to Scotland’s Housing Challenges/Opportunities 1. Funding and Financial Models • Scottish Government must make a long-term commitment to provide grant funding that truly reflects increasing costs and provides multi-year funding certainty. • There should be a review of the housing finance model, considering international models and what options could be explored. • Continue to seek write-off of historic HRA debt to help provide further capacity for new supply. • Reform Funding Formulae: Review the SHIF (Strategic Housing Investment Framework) and amend as required to ensure this effectively supports affordable housing. • Stable Investment Environment: Work with the UK government to establish a pro-investment focus for social housing through revised fiscal rules and public accounting practices. • Blended Subsidy Models: Use blended subsidy approaches, combining different funding sources and mechanisms to support affordable housing development. • Funding Balance: Develop a clearer rationale for the balance of funding for new social housing between current tenants (through rents) and taxpayers. • A review of the way in which funding allocations are calculated to take into account local circumstances. • National resource should be provided with sufficient flexibility and should not be directive in a way that prohibits local delivery. 2.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 January 2024
S6W-24065
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ClimateXChange report, Clean heat and energy efficiency workforce assessment, finding that "Most small businesses interviewed had a low awareness of current funding available for training and upskilling/reskilling, only mentioning the Flexible Workforce Development Fund and the Skill Development funding", what action it is taking to increase awareness of such funding among businesses.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 January 2024
Education, Children and Young People Committee 10 January 2024
As you know, I have in the past asked quite a lot of questions on behalf of the college sector about when it might have clarity on the flexible workforce development fund. Disappointingly for colleges and for me, you wrote to us on 20 and 21 December 2023 to confirm that the fund has been cut.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Using procurement rules to influence employment practices
As well as incorporating commitments around the real living wage, all public sector grants, funding and sponsorship have to be issued according to Fair Work First criteria and guidelines, and all public sector bodies and partners have to follow Fair Work practices whether they administer funding or act as employers.
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 September 2023
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 19 September 2023
As things stand, we do not have funding to support the development of workforce areas through our normal revenue funding.
Committees
Published:
15 February 2022
NHS Highland submission of 15 February 2022
Working with Schools, Colleges and Universities
We work closely with our local schools and are active participants in the Developing the Young Workforce programme.
