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The policy intention of this is to provide the potential for support to be given to Police Scotland in investigations which have suffered to date due to a lack of resources and their often remote/rural location.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2020
Notwithstanding the above recommendation, the Committee notes its concern that the process of interim appointments is currently underway, with no engagement of the Parliament to date. The Committee is concerned that in practice, if the ESS is constituted as a non-ministerial office there may be little scope for genuine parliamentary influence.
UCU submission to Education and Skills Committee, 11 May 2020In order to keep projections up to date as the rapidly changing situation develops, SFC have requested an updated strategic plan forecast from each university for AYs 2019-20 and 2020-21 9Scottish Funding Council.
In discussion in the the Committee’s online engagement platform, OIC also stated:
“The ‘Lessons Learned’ report from the pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan (PFOW MSP) provides a useful starting point for the subsequent statutory RMPs. The work published to date from the PFOW MSP, Shetland and Clyde also provide guidance on the topics...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2020
Glasgow City Council confirm in their response that their CCTV system was upgraded in 2014, to include Suspect Search software (renamed Person Search for Glasgow), and that the software has not been used to date. They also confirm that the software is not based on facial recognition, but on characteristics, such as full body image, and that it includes a “q...
The Committee notes that the Service has initiated two projects to address recruitment and retention issues, dating back to 2015. The Committee also notes that Audit Scotland recently found that the Service is finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain RDS and volunteer firefighters, particularly in remote and rural areas.
£1.08 million to develop a standard Operational Intelligence system, to ensure the most up-to-date intelligence is available to all front-line crews operating within Wholetime, Retained and Volunteer duty systems, to allow them to better protect property and enhance Firefighter safety. 1SFRS. (2018).