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Accessed through the UK Data Service and Public Health Scotland.Office for National Statistics. (2024). Annual Population Survey 2014-2022. 8th release.
He noted that the Bill “will provide scope for […] a more distinctive approach to the tax in the future, which will be based on operational experience and an improved evidence base”1Scottish Parliament. (2024). Official Report of Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting, 19 March 2024.
This investment will “provide a pipeline of reskilled workers and apprentices”.4Scottish National Investment Bank. (2024, January). News Release - Helping to create workforce of the future with new investment.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
The draft 2030 Waste and Circular Economy Routemap states it will do this ?by 2025?.ivScottish Government (2024) Scotland?s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030 Consultation.
(Such a requirement is not needed in Scotland as building standards verification is already the sole responsibility of local authorities).
From April 2024 all building standards inspectors and approvers must join a national register.
The Committee reiterates the need to continue to address structural issues in the 2024-25 Budget alongside specific cost of living crisis support payments.
There have been concerns about a reduction in the funding available for tree planting in recent years, and while peatland restoration was at an all-time high in 2024-25, it needs to increase substantially to achieve the targets set.
This was 5% lower than the end of December 2024, and 14% fewer than the end of September 2023, when the number of supported asylum seekers peaked at around 123,700 people.
Purpose of the Bill
The Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") was introduced by the Scottish Government on Thursday 20 March 2025, following a commitment to introduce legislation to "advance the use of the Community Wealth Building model" in the 2024 - 2025 Programme for Government.