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The Committee will regularly consider information on whether Groups are complying with the Code.
47. Complaints that a Group has not complied with the Code will be considered in by the Committee.
To ensure complete information is recorded, National Records of Scotland (NRS) set up a manual coding service where trained coding operatives visually inspect census questionnaires and make a decision on the most accurate code to assign.
Special Advisers in the Scottish Government are bound by the Special Adviser Code of Conduct and the standards of integrity and honesty required of all civil servants as set out in the Civil Service Code.
In September 2025, the Scottish Government announced funding to support a company-run furlough scheme to support the company's retention of Scottish-based jobs and manufacturing, pending receipt of orders. In February 2026, the Committee sought and received a written update from the Scottish Government.
The Bill formalises this – Section 10 inserts a new section into the 2005 Act to give the SFC power to issue guidance to fundable bodies and any other person in receipt of funding under the functions conferred by the Bill (national training programmes, apprenticeships and work-based learning).
PAWHP is a form of assistance to mitigate some of the impact of additional domestic heating costs for those of state pension age who are in receipt of relevant benefits. Following the recent changes to Winter Fuel Payment, this will be administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in 2024/25 through an agency agreement laid out under a section ...