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For example, in the early years of Session 6, around £500 million per annum was classified as spending on pre-primary education. From 2024-25 onwards this was classified as general public spending, as the funding was provided to local government who make decisions about how it is distributed.
Correspondence.
Engagement.
22 to 23 September 2024
The Committee took part in a fact finding visit to Oban during which it hosted a community engagement event with local stakeholders, visited a research facility and toured a local salmon farm..
We were told this in our pre-budget scrutiny of the 2026-27 Budget at the end of 2025 where our focus was public service reform.iiiLetter from the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government on the Committee's pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27 - 14 November 2025 It also arose during our discussions on the sustainability of local government finance ahead of the 2025-26 budget in 2024...
In some instances, there are negative impacts reported but these largely reflect changes in birth timing rather than harm. For example, Kim (2024)3Kim, W. (2024). Baby bonus, fertility, and missing women.
It also changes how the compatibility duty on public authorities in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Scotland) (Act) 2024 operates if there are conflicting statutory duties.The Bill was passed on 18 February 2026.Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) BillThe Bill sought to establish a Commissioner for Older People for Scotland.Th...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
The SHCS provides a snapshot of the Scottish housing stock in each survey year, including fuel poverty rates, with the most recent survey estimating that 861,000 households (34% of all households) were in fuel poverty in 2023, of which 491,000 (19.4% of all households) were in extreme fuel poverty.
The next SHCS findings for 2024 will be published early 2026 and will include local authority estimates of fuel poverty based on a three-year average for 2022 to 2024.
The AWE index was adopted by the SPCB in 2024-25. Prior to that, MSP pay uplifts were linked to the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) index published annually in the previous autumn.
Instead, they depend on contractual arrangements and the digital provider's service.2Scottish Government. (2024). Digital Assets in Scots Private Law Consultation.