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Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2019
Report on STEM in early years education - Knowledge sharing opportunities
r=12301&mode=pdf</a> With numerous providers of CPD (44 contributed to the Education Scotland survey), in addition to opportunities for learning through collaboration such as informal cluster arrangements and knowledge exchange, the landscape for CPD on STEM is far from straightforward for teachers and early years practitioners seeking to deve...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2019
Alternative Housing Tenures - Scottish Government Support for MMR Housing
Retrieved from https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20170401150942/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/investment/ahip/ahsp-outturn-report-2013-2014 [accessed 29 May 2019]In some areas of Scotland, there has been little, or no, MMR housing developed.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 September 2019
Key audit themes - Planning for outcomes
To date, the programme has not delivered value for money.1Audit Scotland. (n.d.) Common Agricultural Policy Futures programme: Further update.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 July 2019
Local government finance: facts and figures 2013-14 to 2019-20 - Local Government Glossary
The level of GRG is determined by Scottish Ministers following consultation with local authorities through COSLA, and after taking advice from the Settlement and Distribution Group (which consists of Scottish Government and COSLA officials). The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order, specifying levels of GRG, is laid before the Parliament annually for a...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 June 2019
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2019 - Proposed Regulations - Who is a whistleblower?
The Ombudsman in their consultation on the Standards includes a definition as set out earlier in this report (at paragraph 9)
A whistleblower is a current or former worker for NHS Scotland who formally raises a concern.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 May 2019
Primary Care in Scotland - Annex A: A vision for primary care in Scotland: 21 principles
Annex A: A vision for primary care in Scotland: 21 principles
Primary care is generalist in nature.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 May 2019
Report on the 2016/17 and 2017/18 Audits of NHS Tayside - Pension contribution
Nor is it clear why the board or the Scottish Government did not advise Audit Scotland timeously of these developments, which might have avoided these issues arising.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 May 2019
Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill - The role of local taxation in local government income
Figure 2 - Council Tax, NDRI and Revenue grant funding allocations as a proportion of total funding, 2019-20.In 2019-20, Non-Domestic Rates Income will make up 22.3% of the funding for local authorities across Scotland. Council Tax will also make up an estimated 21.6% of the funding available.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 April 2019
The expansion of early learning and childcare - Quality
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/funding-follows-child-national-standard-early-learning-childcare-providers-operating-guidance/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/funding-follows-child-national-standard-early-learning-childcare-providers-operating-guidance/</a> [accessed 25 January 2019] NHS Health Scotland's review of 'Childcare Quality and Children's Outcomes' found that those settings with access to higher qualified staff, such as teachers or those holding an early childhood qualification, were more likely to offer high-quality experiences for children. 2Scobie, G., & Scott, E. (2017, October 31).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 April 2019
Child poverty in Scotland: forecasting the impact of policy options - Scenario C: Changing child-related elements of Universal Credit
Table 6: Scenario CThis table shows the impact that changing the child elements of universal credit would have on child poverty in 2023-24% of children in poverty, after housing costs2016-172018-192023-24: no action2023-24: with policy action (Scenario C)Relative poverty (%)23262722Absolute poverty (%)20232418Note: under 'no action', it is assumed that payment rates would rise in line with inflationSource: HBAI (2016); Euromod (estimates for 2018 and 2023)Table 6 shows that Scenario C (for the same costs as Scenarios A and B), would be more effective in reducing both relative and absolute child poverty in Scotland...
