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Fairer Scotland duty assessmentxThe Scottish Government, Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill: Fairer Scotland Duty assessment. 2019
Islands communities impact assessmentxThe Scottish Government, Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment. 2019
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) also published a briefing on the Bill in February 2020xiiiThe Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill Briefing.
Figure 4 below shows how many additional 16-64 year old people of working age Scotland would need to match the dependency ratio projections of the UK. SPICe point out that this would peak at 147,000 in 2034” and that this “highlights the implications of the small differences in the dependency ratio.”
The number of pupils recorded with additional support needs has more than doubled over the last few years (153% increase since 2010 (SPICe)). This is likely to be due in large part to better recognition and changes in recording practice.
There are no powers in current legislation to deal with the displays of such herbal smoking products, vaping products or nicotine products and their prices on websites.