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SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 December 2020
Adult social care and support in Scotland - How social care is regulated
This means they operate independently from Scottish Ministers but are accountable to them and are largely publicly funded.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 August 2020
Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2019-20 - Annex B - Commitments: 12 May 2019 to 11 May 2020
Annex B - Commitments: 12 May 2019 to 11 May 2020
Commitments met during this reporting period
The following instruments correct errors identified by the Committee in line with commitments made by the Scottish Government:
Public Procurement etc.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2020
Inquiry into mental health support for young people in Scotland - Recognising what works
In its written submission, Aberdeenshire Council cited initiatives to tackle social isolation, resiliency programmes for children and young people and whole school wellbeing approaches as examples of how to place—
"a greater emphasis on the promotion of evidence-based practices that develop resilience and mental wellbeing in children and young people, in order to help reduce the risk of them experiencing mental health problems in the first place.”Aberdeenshire Council written submission
During its external engagement, the Committee met with a group of teachers and education officials who highlighted the positive impact of such programmes in their schools,Note of Policy Hub: 2019 Mental Health and Wellbeing in Scotland’s Schools conference, Edinburgh, 14 November 2019 including the resilience programme operating in all Scottish...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 July 2020
The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on university funding in Scotland - Key drivers of the drop in income
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FINAL-Universities-Scotland-brief-on-DfE-Temporary-Student-Number-Controls-June2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FINAL-Universities-Scotland-brief-on-DfE-Temporary-Student-Number-Controls-June2020.pdf</a> [accessed 16 July 2020]
While the allowance does allow some scope for universities to increase recruitment of England-domiciled students, the 5% cap prevents Scottish...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 June 2020
Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill (republished) - Wayleave Rights
Such an approach would likely require the regulation of pricing where connection had been secured on a ‘mandatory’ or ‘obligatory’ basis, to safeguard consumers, but the Scottish Government believes that the Parliament may not have devolved competence to provide for this in the Bill.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 March 2020
Issue 3: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - Commons Committee begins inquiry on the future relationship
On the potential role for the devolved administrations in the negotiations, the Minister told the Committee:
More broadly, Mike Russell on behalf of the Scottish Government has made a number of suggestions about how we can involve devolved administrations in negotiations that have informed our approach.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 January 2020
Access to EU funding as a third country - Future participation
In a submission to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee's Arts Funding Inquiry it wrote:
The next programme will be even more relevant to the needs of the Scottish arts sector. With sector-specific actions in fields such as music and architecture planned, as well as a new initiative for supporting the mobility of artists and individua...
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2019
Report on Funding of European Union Structural Fund priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit - Impact
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Inquiries/3.2_SOLACE.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Inquiries/3.2_SOLACE.pdf</a> [accessed 11 September 2019]
Some evidenced the impact of EUSF to Scotland by other means, for example, in terms of providing infrastructure such as award winning tourism and heritage centres (as highlighted by Historic Environment Scotland) or in relation to providing jobs, training and supporting business as set out by the Minister to the EEFW Committee—
Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 July 2019
Post-legislative Scrutiny: Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 - Number of dog wardens
Number of dog wardens
Section 1(6) of the 2010 Acts requires that an authorised officer is appointed for the purposes of the Act and places a requirement on local authorities to authorise at least one such officer. 1Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 Explanatory Notes - Scottish Dog Control Database. (n.d.) Retrieved from <a href="https://www.legislati...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 July 2019
Post-legislative Scrutiny: Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 - Impact of dog attacks
Mr Joyce described their facial and limb injuries as ‘life changing’ to the extent that it was unclear whether they will be able to continue in their roles as postal workers.2The Scottish Parliament. (2019, February 21).
