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Last updated:
6 June 2023
Vaccination certification
The Committee looked at the Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce a mandatory COVID vaccination certification scheme in Scotland.
The vaccine certification scheme requires people to show proof that they have been fully vaccinated (or are otherwise exempt) to get into certain late-night premises and large-scale events.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 May 2023
Annual Report of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 2022-23 - Petitions
On 15 March 2022, the Committee agreed to undertake its inquiry into a modern and sustainable ferry service for Scotland. and
PE1866: Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users, a petition by Daryl Cooper, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce legislation so that wheelchair users are able to fa...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 February 2023
Earnings in Scotland 2022 - About the data
Because of the potential for sampling errors for smaller groups, including local areas and small industries, there is a wider margin of error with some of the smaller data sets than for Scotland as a whole.
Unless otherwise stated, the median estimate has been used rather than the mean, as it provides a better indication of ‘typical’ pay.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2023
Local government finance: Budget 2023-24 and provisional allocations to local authorities - Capital allocations
Table 5: Cash changes to total capital allocationsLocal Government (Capital)2022-23 (£m)2023-24 (£m)Cash change (£m)Cash change %General Capital Grant510.5607.697.119.0%Specific (ring-fenced) capital grants139.0139.00.00.0%Total "core" Capital649.5746.697.114.9%Capital Funding within other Portfolios30.080.050.0166.7%Total capital in Finance Circular679.5826.6147.121.6%Table 6: Real terms changes to total capital allocationsLocal Government (Capital)2022-23 (£m)2023-24 (£m)Real change (£m)Real change %General Capital Grant510.5588.678.115.3%Specific (ring-fenced) capital grants139.0134.6-4.4-3.1%Total "core" Capital649.5723.273.711.4%Capital Funding within other Portfolios30.077.547.5158.3%Total capital in Finance Circular679.5800.7121.217.8%The charts below show provisional capital allocations to individual local authorities in 2023-24, both in absolute terms and as per-head calculations:
Chart 8: Capital allocations by local authority 2023-24 (£m)Chart 9: Capital allocations by local authority 2023-24, per head (£)It is noticeable that the five local authority areas with the highest per-head capital allocations include all of Scotland's...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 November 2022
Retained EU Law and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - Keeping pace with EU law
Under the power to ‘keep pace’ in the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, if the Scottish Government wants to keep pace with EU law it can make regulations which amend any devolved legislation, including REUL.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 October 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Establishment of the National Care Service - national organisation
The new responsibilities for social work and social care will be handled by Scottish Government staff reporting directly to Scottish Ministers, in a similar way to the current Health Directorates of the Scottish Government that oversee the NHS in Scotland. The proposed National Social Work Agency will be set up as a unit within the NCS.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
Tackling health inequalities in Scotland - Wider community and environmental influences
Although focused on reducing health inequalities in England, this report's conclusions and recommendations could be considered equally applicable to addressing health inequalities in Scotland. The report concluded that reducing health inequalities requires action on six policy objectives:
Give every child the best start in life
Enable all children, young pe...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 September 2022
Initial Teacher Education - Undergraduate or postgraduate
Undergraduate or postgraduate
In Scotland, a minority of the intake into ITE courses are undergraduate courses.
News
Published:
9 September 2022
Presiding Officer pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
The Rt Hon Alison Johnstone MSP, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, said: "Her Majesty The Queen’s love of Scotland has always been clear, as has been her support for the Scottish Parliament.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 June 2022
Resource Spending Review and pre-Budget scrutiny - Scottish Fiscal Commission forecasts
For example, unlike the Bank of England for the UK, the SFC is not forecasting a recession for Scotland. Having said that, the SFC’s forecasts for economic growth are broadly in line with other forecasters, as shown in the following chart (where the Bank of England now sits as somewhat of an outlier).
