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SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Late Applications (Part 2)
application must be within six months of the funeral, with some flexibility provided to account for backdated award of qualifying benefits.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2023
Subordinate Legislation: The Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft] - Transparency
As the Committee heard, these transfers arise because funding allocated in the Budget to areas accountable for policy is then reallocated, in-year, to those areas responsible for policy delivery.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 August 2023
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Working group on Protected Trust Deeds
Table 2IssueRecommendationRole of the Protected Trust Deed protocol (voluntary protocol set up by the Accountant in Bankruptcy, covering the vast majority of PTDs)The protocol was introduced to address some of the concerns about the use of PTDs - agreed that it should be allowed to run for a reasonable period to measure its impactOutcome: The Scottish Government intends to put some aspects of the protocol into legislation.Appropriate restrictions on entering a PTD - e.g. increased minimum debt levelNo consensus reached.Introduction of an additional statutory debt solutionAgreed that this was for consideration at stage 3 of the review.Creation of an information leaflet about the benefits and risks of entering a PTDAgreed that an easy to understand leaflet would be helpful; draft text provided.Requirement for advice from a free sector money adviser before entering a PTDAgreed that provision of good advice before entering a PTD was important, but it was unlikely to be feasible for this to be provided by the free sector.Create a cooling-off period before a PTD comes into effectAgreed this would be too difficult to achieve in the current legal frameworkOutcome: this issue will be considered at stage 3.Options for ending a PTD early - e.g. where a debtor's circumstances have changed so they can no longer make paymentsAgreed that the law should be changed to create several new ways to discharge a debtor, with a role for the Accountant in Bankruptcy where creditors disagreeOutcome: Scottish Government is still considering this issue.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 April 2022
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s International Work - Operation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)
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Similarly, the Law Society of Scotland said that EU engagement must be done in a co-ordinated way, a “whole-UK approach”, that “cut both ways”—
“The UK must take into account the devolution settlement, and the devolved Governments must take into account wider UK Government policy.”https://www.parliame...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 September 2021
Legal aid - policy issues - Supporting flexibility and innovation
Wider consideration around transparency and accountability will also be necessary.
In its response to the Scottish Government's consultation1Scottish Legal Aid Board. (2019).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 August 2021
Devolved benefits for carers - Funding carer benefits
Nor does it take into account spending on carer benefits that are unique to Scotland: the Carer’s Allowance Supplement and the Young Carer Grant.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 August 2021
Devolved benefits for carers - Expenditure on carer benefits
Available at: https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/reporting/publications/annual-report-and-accounts. (n.p.): (n.p.). Administrative statistics suggest that this increased to £0.7 million in 2020-21.2Scottish Government. (2021).
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2020
Subordinate Legislation considered by the Covid-19 Committee at its meeting on 16th September 2020 - The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/262)
Regulation 14 makes a parallel amendment to the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 in order that FPNs issued under these Regulations will be taken into account in determining the penalty payable in relation to a FPN issued under them".
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 February 2020
Scottish Budget 2020-21 - Revenue financed projects
As a result of changed European accounting guidance (European System of Accounts 2010 – ESA10), the budgeting treatment of revenue financed projects has changed.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 January 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill - Other views
Official Report, 14 November 2019, Col 1
On the other hand, the Committee received some submissions from individuals arguing that the current four year terms should be retained in order that elected members could be held to account more frequently.
Written evidence from Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar referred to the “need to strike a balance between facilitating longer term policy planning and engagement with electorates, favouring longer terms, against the provision of greater opportunities for electorates to hold governments to account, favouring shorter terms”.
