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SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 March 2021
COVID-19: Scotland's colleges and universities - Mitigation measures
Retrieved from <a href="https://beta.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/debates-and-questions/questions/2021/01/21/s5w34725" target="_blank">https://beta.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/debates-and-questions/questions/2021/01/21/s5w34725</a>, the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science stated that students in higher education could use their additional year of funding - known as a +1 year - for this purpose, while care experienced students are eligible to access two additional years. It should be noted that all Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 February 2021
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal for 2021/22 - The impact of Covid-19
The budget proposal states—
An important element of this increase will enable us to support parliament in scrutinising the delivery of value for money of the additional £8 billion made available by the Scottish Government in 2020/21 to respond to Covid-19.1Audit Scotland . (2021, January).
Committee reports
Date published:
29 January 2021
The Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 - Education and Skills Committee Consideration
The Minister also stated that the Scottish Government is working with as many authorities as possible, within the funding available, and has established a deferral working group to gather and share useful information.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2021
Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Report - Taking children’s views into account
The new formulation on children’s views is found in Section 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and proceedings under the children’s hearing system provided for by the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.Children Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 as amended by Section 3 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020
Some stakeholders raised concerns that the wording in Section 8 of the Bill appeared weaker than the formulation in the 2020 Act, specifically in its reference to views “of which a Sheriff is aware”. In its written submission, Scottish...
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.
