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SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 December 2024
Scottish Budget 2025-26 - Review of infrastructure investment plans
To do this we will undertake a prioritisation exercise to ensure we target the available capital spending to support employment and the economy through the Scottish Government’s infrastructure plans, support the achievement of net zero emissions targets and underpin the provision of high-quality public infrastructure and services across Scotland.
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Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2024
Instruments considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee during the first quarter of the Parliamentary Year 2024-25 - Overview and analysis
One instrument was withdrawn and re-laid during this reporting period:
The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 (SSI 2024/Draft) was withdrawn on 30 May 2024 and re-laid on 31 May 2024.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 October 2024
Closing the Disability Employment Gap in Scotland - Access to Work scheme
This section of the report, and the lived experience of those that contributed to it, is drawn to the attention of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Secretary of State for Scotland.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 September 2024
Local Government Finance: facts and figures 2024 - Overall revenue settlement for individual councils
Chart 11 (below) shows TEE per person for each local authority, with councils ranked from the highest per head to the lowest. With an all-Scotland average of £2,797 per head, Shetland and Orkney councils see the highest expenditure per head, whilst Edinburgh and Aberdeen see the smallest:
Chart 11: total estimated expenditure per head, 2024-25 (£)Local Gove...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 January 2024
The declining disability employment gap in Scotland:Understanding the reasons behind the increasing number of disabled people in employment - Change in employment rates
Change in employment rates
Given that the changes in disability prevalence impacted disabled employment more than any other factor, it would stand to reason that, in Scotland, people in work were likely to stay in work over this nine-year period, regardless of how their disability status changed over time.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 January 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25 - Capital allocation
As such, working towards a net zero future may have become even more challenging for Scotland's councils.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Fair pay for childcare workers
Third sector providers argued that with the current cost of living crisis, they have struggled to allocate their funding adequately to offer the real living wage to staff and compete with public sector salaries. Flexible Childcare Services Scotland explained—
The cost of inflation has also been higher than the increase in funding rates.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2023
Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Animal welfare concerns regarding the use of glue traps
On 23 March 2021, the SAWC published a report on the use of rodent glue traps in Scotland. The report acknowledged there are “certain high-risk situations that clearly require effective and rapid pest control” but was “not convinced that evidence exists supporting the view that glue traps are genuinely the only method of last resort”.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 October 2023
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland - Overview
The Committee has heard concerning evidence about the impact of the current policy to temporarily house asylum seekers in hotels, what this means for asylum seekers in Scotland, the local communities, local authorities and other organisations who support asylum seekers.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 August 2023
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Working group on bankruptcy and cross-cutting issues
Table 3IssueRecommendationEntry requirements for various routes into bankruptcyVarious changes agreed, including:the minimum debt threshold in a Minimal Asset Process bankruptcy should be removed [Delivered via Bankruptcy and Debt Arrangement Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023]
the maximum asset values in Minimal Asset Process bank...
