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SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 March 2019
Transitions of young people with service and care needs between child and adult services in Scotland - What does the evidence on transitions tell us?
The Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) approach and Principles of Good Transitions were referred to in many publications. GIRFEC is the Scottish Government's overarching approach to improving outcomes for children and young people and ensuring that they receive the right help, at the right time, from the right people.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 February 2019
Social Security and In-Work Poverty - Universal Credit and self-employed claimants
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/CitizensAdvice/welfare%20publications/Universal%20Credit%20and%20non-traditional%20employment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/CitizensAdvice/welfare%20publications/Universal%20Credit%20and%20non-traditional%20employment.pdf</a>
Difficulties for self-employed people claiming UC were raised in many of the written submissions (e.g. LITRG, CPAG, Scottish...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 January 2019
Immigration policy - the countdown to Brexit - Points-Based System for non-EEA nationals
Immigration policy and constitutional change: the perspectives of Scottish employers and industry representatives.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 October 2018
Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Case for Reform
These have included strengthened arrangements to extend access to special measures in court and, where appropriate, to help keep children and other vulnerable witnesses out of court, for example through greater access to remote video links for both summary and solemn cases. However, the Scottish Government believes strongly that more can and should be done ...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 July 2018
Bank closures: impact on local businesses, consumers and the Scottish economy - Online and phone banking
Online and phone banking
One of the arguments made by the banks for closing branches is the increased use of online and digital banking. Scottish Financial Enterprise pointed to the large increase in the use of online banking facilities and electronic payments over time as well as the decline in use of cash and concurrent increase in the use of contactless...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 April 2018
Cycling - What works? - Case study conclusions
Lessons from Edinburgh
The practical and policy measures consistently found to encourage modal shift to bike identified in the literature review should be applicable to all Scottish local authorities. However, there are additional lessons to learn from the experience of CEC, including:
Partnership building: A pro-cycling culture can be built within an autho...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 April 2018
Mackerel - Import and exports
However, over 90% of mackerel available for export in the UK is landed in Scottish ports.
Mackerel imports and exports by value (average from 2012 to 2016) by region.Source: HMRC overseas trade statistics.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 March 2018
UK trade policy and Brexit - The Single Market
Single market membership also removes non-tariff barriers (NTBs) such as technical specifications and labelling requirements. This means Scottish businesses can effectively sell their goods to a ‘home market' of over 500 million consumers.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 February 2018
Report on Homelessness - Housing First pilots in Scotland
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20170615_Homelessness_Crisis.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20170615_Homelessness_Crisis.pdf</a> [accessed 19 September 2017]
Turning Point Scotland, which was one of the first organisations to implement the model in Scotland, highlighted that the major difference between this and other methods of providing homelessness services is that the service is not a staircase model, i.e. the individuals who present as homeless do not have to show commitment to maintaining a tenancy or give up any of their addictions, if that is relevant to their case, before they are given a permanent tenancy. They are given a Scottish...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 December 2017
Income Tax in Scotland: 2017 update - Measuring behavioural responses
High income taxpayers, the self-employed, secondary earners in households, as well as taxpayers in systems where itemized deductions are available (e.g. charitable donations) tend to have the highest TIEs although there is substantial variation in TIEs depending on the study.3Berthier, A. (2014). The Scottish rate of income tax and additional rate taxpayers...
