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SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 March 2024
Social Security Scotland benefit rates 2024-25 - Five Family Payments
10.60 per weekOn qualifying benefit (UC, CTC, WTC, IS, PC, ibJSA, irESA, HB).OR under 18OR 18/19 yrs and dependent (parent/carer gets CB, CTC, child element UC, child addition PC, or is approved kinship carer)Best Start FoodsPregnant OR child aged 1 or 2?
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Sections 12-13 - Local authority recycling
We are not getting spectacular levels of recycling; 43 per cent does not compare well with what Wales is getting, for example. The best way to turbocharge that change is to take a top-down approach."
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Employability
Employability
An additional £53m for employability support, announced as part of Best Start Bright Futures, was cut following the emergency budget review in September 2022.
Committees
Published:
27 September 2023
Scottish Commission on Social Security’s scrutiny report on the draft Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024
Scottish Commission on Social Security’s scrutiny report on the draft Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 May 2022
Annual Report 2021-22 - Inter-Parliamentary Forum
The Forum will aim to improve scrutiny in these areas through both a mutual exchange of information and best practice at a parliamentary level and in seeking a consistent approach to improving accountability at both a Ministerial and inter-governmental level.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 April 2022
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s International Work - Role of Parliament
Role of Parliament
Scrutiny of international development spend was something addressed by Scotland’s International Development Alliance, who saw room for improvement in the interest both of best value and policy coherence—
“We cannot see value for money unless we see it as connected to everything else that is going on in the Scottish context and, again, th...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 May 2021
Key Issues for Session 6: COVID, Climate and Constitution - What type of economic growth?
The Scottish Government's various priorities – which can be competing – must all be balanced when deciding on how best to spend limited capital budgets.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2021
Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee: Session 5 Legacy Report - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
As Scotland hopefully progresses towards recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee suggests that its successor committee/s may wish to consider how best to incorporate scrutiny of that recovery and potential longer term impacts on those sectors falling with its / their remit/s into its / their work programme for Session 6.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2021
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Legacy Report - Session 5 - Financing the green recovery
Opportunities for influence and further work may include:
Scrutiny of Green New Deal commitments in budgets including the potential for frontloading of low carbon investment and conditionality of support;
Continuing to work with the Government - through the Joint Budget Review - on how climate change information is presented in the Scottish Budget and how budgets are aligned with Climate Change Plans;
Exploring innovative mechanisms for investment in low carbon and natural capital programmes including engaging with the newly established SNIB;
Building in consideration of the potential for environmental fiscal reform in relevant policy areas, such as the circular economy, and;
Considering how public bodies are funded, supported and governed to ensure they are best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 January 2020
Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3 - Role of an ethics committee and ethical standards
The Cabinet Secretary in response to this amendment stated that
The Government will want to give a clear steer to the bank on what it feels should inform that ethical statement; to that end we have commissioned the Ethical Finance Hub to prepare advice based on best industry practice.
Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee 19 November 2019 [Draft], Derek ...
