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19 March 2024
Scotland's Financial response to Covid-19 and Scotland's economy: Supporting businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic
Meetings.
23 June 2022
The Committee took evidence from:
Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland; Richard Robinson, Senior Manager; Ashleigh Madjitey, Audit Manager; and Martin McLauchlan, Audit Manager, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland.
Read the agenda and meeting papers, 23 June 2022
Please read the Official Report, 23 June 2022
Re...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 March 2024
Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill - Objective 4 - enabling rural communities to thrive
There is not even a commitment to spending 5 per cent of the budget on the LEADER programme, which is a CAP commitment. LEADER was one of the best things about the CAP, to be honest, because it got local people involved in working together and adding value to farm produce, generating local food economies and doing useful things in the communities.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Annexe D - Business Engagement Event - Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill ? Wednesday 15 November ? themes arising from discussion
Circular Economy Bill and non-legislative support
Measures to encourage non-circular businesses to adopt more sustainable models;
Strategic financial interventions that encourage investment in circular businesses;
Longer term funding mechanisms for circular businesses to allow them to plan ahead;
Measures to place additional onus and responsibility for waste on producers;
Reforms to local taxation and public procurement;
Support for educational and apprenticeship programmes to train workforce with skills required for circular businesses;
Funding for public awareness and marketing campaigns that help to drive behaviour change amongst consumers;
Capital investment to help support sustainable infrastructure and facilities;
Encourage networks of circular businesses to share best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Lapsed appeals
The new award must leave the client in a better position, but it would not necessarily be the best possible outcome that they could have got from continuing with the appeal.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Regulations
Section 18 of the Bill would add these regulations to the remit of SCoSS, as well as regulations for Best Start Foods which are made under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1988.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 February 2024
Local government finance: Budget 2024-25 and provisional allocations to local authorities - Proportion of resource allocation that is ring-fenced or directed
Proportion of resource allocation that is ring-fenced or directed
The Budget document tells us that reducing ring-fencing is part of the post-Verity House Agreement relationship between the Scottish Government and local government:
[the Budget] displays our commitment to that partnership by reducing levels of ringfenced and directed expenditure by baselining almost £1 billion of funding across Health, Education, Justice, Net Zero and Social Justice, giving authority and autonomy to local partners to achieve the outcomes we share in a way that best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - The National Performance Framework
The Committee also noted a lack of connection between the NPF and financial decision-making:
…the NPF is not seen as explicitly or transparently driving financial decisions by the Government nor as a mechanism by which organisations are held to account for spending funding effectively.
In the wider best-practice context, the OECD explains that the setting o...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Increasing funding for Individual Training Accounts to meet demand
A review of all BSBF existing and planned programmes, such as the lifetime skills programmes, could identify where progress is most needed and how best to allocate resources to maximise impact.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Work-based pathways and just transition opportunities
Equipped with a clear understanding, education institutions could contribute to an inclusive just transition that can offer great prospects to parents with no formal education and support the economy by filling skill gaps.iSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report, 15 June 2023, Col 3 The Minister for Further and Higher Education responded to the review of the skills landscape in Scotland, stating “I am supportive of the broad direction of travel James Withers identifies but will take a little time to consider fully the detail of the recommendations and the practicalities of implementing them”.Skills Review Published
The Committee asks the Scottish Government to keep the Committee updated on the Government's response to the James Withers review of the skill landscape and, in particular, how this response will contribute to reducing in-work poverty and help towards reaching the Government's parental employment ambitions as set out in the Best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Summary: How does the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 compare with international best practice?
Summary: How does the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 compare with international best practice?
The aim of this chapter was to assess whether the Act met published standards for lobbying transparency systems.
