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SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 July 2025
Links between Climate Change and Health in Scotland. - Health, Climate Change and Inequalities
Family Practice, 40, 498-501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmac146
The researchers note that preventive medicine is the most sustainable way to practice and make some recommendations based on the views expressed by the GP research participants, including taking the carbon impact of different medications into account when prescribing and including sus...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 June 2025
Delegated Powers in the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill - Review of relevant powers
Section 1 of this Bill inserts a new section 9A into the 1980 Act, which provides that operators of such schools must take into account the views of the pupil when such a request is made.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 June 2025
Neurodevelopmental Pathways and Waiting Times in Scotland - The Scottish Strategy for Autism
Scottish Government, Scottish Strategy for Autism: evaluation, 2021Another review of the Strategy, published by the Cross-Party Group on Autism, also found that there was:
widespread frustration that the aims of the strategy have often not been put into practice or realised at a local level
Cross-Party Group on Autism, The Accountability Gap, 2020In March 2...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 June 2025
Report on the Home Detention Curfew (Amendment of Specified Time Periods) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft]
The changes within this instrument will also take account of the changes to automatic release points brought into force for certain short-term sentenced individuals, as a result of the Prisoner (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025.
News
Published:
9 May 2025
Holyrood Committee calls for second phase of Growth Deals to benefit Scotland’s economy, with lessons to be learned
Partnership working has created more bureaucracy with complex governance structures and untidy lines of accountability. The Committee would like to see more flexibility to enable growth deals to quickly adapt to changing economic circumstances and a more streamlined approach to the delivery of projects within deals.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 April 2025
The UK Employment Rights Bill - Suggestions for further reading
Also very useful is a further in-depth research briefing, taking account of the Bill as amended at the Commons committee stage - but not at the Commons report stage - published by the House of Commons Library on 12 February 2025.25Brione, P., & Cunningham, S. (2025, February 12).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 April 2025
Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill - Scottish apprenticeships
There are currently 13 graduate apprenticeships offered in Scotland, including accounting and data science.
Apprenticeship funding in Scotland by type and organisation, 2023-24Type of apprenticeshipSDSSFCSAASTotalFoundation£8 million£10 million-£18 millionModern£84 million£50 million-£134 millionGraduate£6 million£23 million£5 million£33 millionTotal£98 mil...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 March 2025
Exploring Employability Funding Allocation in Scotland - Section 2.3: Challenges in Managing Multiple Funding Streams
Third Sector _03 Rural)
Stakeholders highlight the need for streamlined reporting processes that maintain accountability without hindering service efficiency.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 March 2025
Exploring Employability Funding Allocation in Scotland - Section 6: Suggestions for Improvement
Improved coordination between Scottish Government and local Luthorities was identified by 24.6%, reflecting concerns about policy alignment, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and funding governance.
Additional suggestions accounted for 60.0%, illustrating a demand for further policy refinements beyond the primary areas highlighted.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2025
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 - Impact of Scottish Government policies at local level
It does not feel as if we are making a massive contribution to meeting the national targets, but having them is important because it focuses minds.xSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report, 21 November 2024, Col 17
Some of the evidence received indicates that the national target poverty measures do not take account of the high cost of l...
