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Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill - Part 1 - Functions of the SFC
There are currently 14 graduate apprenticeships offered in Scotland, including accounting and data science.
At present, funding for apprenticeships is delivered by SDS, the SFC and SAAS.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill - Recommendations to fundable bodies
It also sets out that the fundable body must provide relevant information to a person carrying out such a study. This may include accounts and other documents.
Section 8 of this Bill inserts provisions into section 15 of the 2005 Act stating that:
a study may include consideration of how student needs and interests are being met
the SFC may issue recommenda...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 September 2025
Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill - Existing criminal law in Scotland
However, the Policy Memorandum argues that, at present, prosecutors (para 34):
would not necessarily take into account the significance to a community or the symbolic and cultural value of a war memorial when determining the severity of the crime for the purposes of deciding which court to refer a case to, and under which procedure.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 July 2025
Inquiry Into Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship - Training and awareness raising
Members of the SRG also mentioned inconsistencies in working practices across local authorities and questioned who they are accountable to.Key themes from lived experience engagement with members of Scottish Women's Aid Survivor Reference Group: 26 March
Better training for staff involved in service delivery was also a common theme across responses to the c...
Committee reports
Date published:
9 July 2025
Inquiry Into Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship - Public bodies and debt: conclusions and recommendations
Public bodies and debt: conclusions and recommendations
Local authority approach to debt collection
It is clear there are examples of good practice when it comes to debt collection, however the Scottish Government should work with COSLA to ensure this is more consistent and accounts for the needs of victim/survivors.
News
Published:
24 June 2025
Parliament seeks views on proposals aimed at protecting future generations
The Social Justice and Social Security Committee has launched its call for views to inform its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill during which it will also take account of the findings of a recent parliamentary committee report that recommended against the creation of more commissioners.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 June 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review - Introduction
As agreed by subsequent motion S6M-15753, this Committee’s remit is:
To consider, review and report on the SPCB supported bodies landscape in accordance with the Parliament’s resolution of 31 October 2024 and develop a clear strategic framework to underpin and provide coherence and structure to the SPCB supported bodies landscape by the end of June 2025, including:
creating effective accountability and scrutiny mechanisms,
formalising strengthened criteria for creating new supported bodies; and
identifying and addressing any barriers to sharing services and offices.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 May 2025
Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill - Scottish pilot areas
Resource, including dedicated staff to champion and implement Community Wealth Building.
Ensuring accountability for delivery through governance structures, including ongoing reviews.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 May 2025
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Stage 1
Retrieved from https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-04/The%20Use%20of%20Sexual%20History%20Evidence%20and%20%27Sensitive%20Private%20Data%27%20in%20Scottish%20Rape%20and%20Attempted%20Rape%20Trials.pdf The report noted that the research aimed to address gaps in evidence on how the provisions in sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 were operating, taking into account...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 May 2025
The right to know: freedom of information in Scotland - Post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
Retrieved from https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/Committees/Report/PAPLS/2020/5/19/Post-legislative-scrutiny--Freedom-of-Information--Scotland--Act-2002#Introduction [accessed 1 November 2024] The report concluded that while FOISA had significantly improved the transparency and accountability of public authorities, it needed updates to address the...
