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SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 September 2018
Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill - Recommended temperatures and vulnerable households
In the absence of long-term ill health or disability, the Panel took the view "... that age should not become a proxy for vulnerability, until a much older age than is presently used as a threshold in Scotland (which is 60 years). A threshold nearer 75 to 80 years might be more appropriate."
Committee reports
Date published:
12 July 2018
What support works? Inquiry into attainment and achievement of school children experiencing poverty - The poverty-related attainment gap
The Committee welcomes the work highlighted by Education Scotland to refine measures of deprivation, particularly in rural areas and asks to be kept informed of the progress on that work.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 June 2018
The Scottish Government's Five Year Financial Strategy - Budgetary commitments
Attainment - where there is a commitment to allocate £750m through the Attainment Scotland Fund over the course of the Parliamentary session, to tackle the attainment gap
Higher Education - where there are policy priorities to protect free tuition, provide an annual minimum income for the least well-off full-time Higher education students.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 May 2018
Annual Report of the Health and Sport Committee for 2017/18 - Information Technology Security
The Scottish Government reported that in Scotland 13 NHS boards were affected and around 1,500 devices (approximately 1%) were infected.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 May 2018
Local Government and Communities Committee Annual Report 2017/2018 - The Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates and the Small Business Bonus Scheme
In particular the Committee recommended that the review of SBBS be conducted independent of the Scottish Government and involve stakeholders such as small businesses and Audit Scotland. The Committee also recommended that the outcomes and lessons learned from the SBBS review are applied more widely to other government policies and proposals and that no poli...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 February 2018
A Guide to Gross Value Added (GVA) in Scotland - Why is GVA important?
GVA information can be used to:
explore the contribution of Scotland's sectors and industry to the economy
analyse the regional spread of economic output at different geography levels
produce productivity statistics, in conjunction with other datasets
highlight the absolute impact of a policy intervention (at both gross & net levels)
calculate the 'i...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 February 2018
Salmon Farming in Scotland - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 implement the European Council Directives (85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC as amended) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 February 2018
Salmon Farming in Scotland - Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA)
For a fish farm the local authority may carry out an HRA in relation to planning permission; Marine Scotland may carry out an HRA in relation to a marine licence; and SEPA may carry out an HRA in relation to a CAR licence etc1Scottish Government. (2016, March).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 February 2018
Salmon Farming in Scotland - Recent Scottish Government and Regulator action
The Strategic Farmed Fish Health Framework Working Group was established in December 2017 to deliver a farmed fish health framework for Scotland. The group will produce a high-level farmed fish health framework by spring 2018.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 November 2017
Local Government Finance: Fees and Charges 2011-12 to 2015-16 - Future Work
SPICe intend to update its "Local Government: facts and figures" series in the first half of 2018, which is likely to provide an update in this area of interest.
SPICe and Audit Scotland intend to continue working collaboratively in this area, analyzing the 2016-17 LFR data when it becomes available and will look to work with colleagues in the Scottish Gove...
