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SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 December 2025
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2024-2025
(As agreed by Parliament on 8 June 2023, motion S6M-09372)
Convener: Audrey Nicoll (SNP)
Deputy Convener:
Russell Findlay (Con) (until 10 October 2024)
Liam Kerr (from 30 October 2024)
Membership: The committee has 8 members
Committee meetingsThere were 37 meetings in the parliamentary year.NumberTotal meetings of the Committee37Meetings held wholly in private4Meetings held partly in private25Joint meetings with other Committees1Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference0Hybrid meetings5Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Katy ClarkLab34 (37)Sharon...
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 May 2005
Justice 2 Committee, 10 May 2005
Susan Wiltshire is branch head of the criminal justice group projects division, Brian Cole is head of branch 1 of the community justice services division, Andrew Brown of the reducing reoffending division is the bill team leader and Sharon Grant is head of branch 2 of the community justice services division.I invite the minister to make some introductory re...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment
Adult Learning Strategy for 2022-2027 published in May 2022
Transport – adequate and affordable provision and improved infrastructureConcessionary fares for under 22s delivered and evaluation in progress
Fair Fares review due in December 2023
Demand Responsive Transport review in progress
Community Bus Fund not started
Scotrail pilot peak time fares removal October 23 to April 24
Employability - opportunities and support to enter, sustain and progress in workEmployability funding cuts in-year in 2022-23 by £53m following emergency budget review with consequent delays in programmes delivery
200 funded placements: unclear from progress report how many of these were delivered for parents specifically
No progress on Challenge Fund but progress report says it has been ‘aligned with other work'
£15m Parental Transition Fund affected by Universal Credit rule changes and Government says it has ‘just run its course as a concept’
Fair and family friendly work - Sustained work and increased incomesRefreshed Fair Work Action Plan published including real living wage mandatory for organisations applying for public sector, support of adoption of community wealth building approaches
91% of all employees aged 18+ (up from 85.5% in 2021 earned at least the real Living Wage in 2022
3,000 living wage and 20 ‘living hours’ employers in Scotland
Over £700 million committed through Emergency Budget Review to fund enhanced pay settlements for public sector employees
Annexe B- Minutes of meetings
You can read minutes of the Committee's meetings at the Scottish Parliament website: Social Justice and Social Security Committee - Meetings
Extracts from the minutes of meetings of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee:
18th Meeting, Thursday, June 9, 2022
1 Decision on taking business in private—
The Committee agreed to take items 6 and 7 in private.
7 Work programme (in private)—
The Committee considered its work programme and agreed its approach to its Child Poverty and local approaches inquiry.
21st Meeting, Thursday, June 30, 2022
1 Decision on taking business in private—
The Committee agreed to take items 2 and 3 in private.
3 Work programme (in private)—
The Committee further discussed its approach to its Child Poverty: Parental Employment inquiry.
29th Meeting, Thursday, November 10, 2022
3 Decision on taking business in private—
The Committee agreed to take items 6 and 7 in private.
7 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private)—
The Committee agreed its approach to engagement.
1st Meeting, Thursday, January 19, 2023
3 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry—
The Committee agreed to consider further approaches to its inquiry, evidence received, correspondence, and draft reports, in private at future meetings.
2nd Meeting, Thursday, February 2, 2023
1 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private)—
The Committee considered and agreed to finalise its approach to the national Call for Views by correspondence.
5th Meeting, Thursday, March 2, 2023
3 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private)—
The Committee considered and agreed its management of written submissions to the inquiry.
11th Meeting, Thursday, May 4, 2023
3 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private)—
The Committee considered and agreed its approach to the inquiry.
13th Meeting, Thursday 25 May 2023
1 Decision on taking business in private—
The Committee agreed to take items 4, 5, 6 and 7 in private.
3 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry—
The Committee took evidence from—
Irene Audain, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Out of School Care Network
Jonathan Broadbery, Director of Policy and Communications, National Day Nurseries Association
Graeme McAlister, Chief Executive, Scottish Childminding Association
Matthew Sweeney, Policy Manager, Children and Young People, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).
4 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private)—
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.
15th meeting, Thursday 8 June 2023
1 Decision on taking business in private—
The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.
2 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry—
The Committee took evidence from—
Beverley Isdale, Chief Executive, First 4 Kids
Susan McGhee, Chief Executive, Flexible Childcare Services Scotland
Rami Okasha, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
Kirsty Ramage, Project Leader, Bellsbank Project.
3 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private)—
The Committee considered the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.
16th meeting, Thursday 22 June 2023
1 Decision on taking business in private—
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
2 Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry—
The Committee took evidence from—
Kenny Anderson, Director, Scottish Wider Access Programme
Jackie Galbraith, Principal and Chief Executive Officer of West Lothian College, Colleges Scotland
Sharon...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Land Use and Rural Policy: Subject Profile
As highlighted in the previous section, rural employment is diverse, and rural areas are touched by a wide range of policy areas in addition to land use, including fisheries and marine policy, transport and digital connectivity, housing, social security, education, environment and economic development.
Image Sharon Ang from PixabayHowever, rural areas face ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 January 2004
Justice 1 Committee, 14 Jan 2004
I refer members to the letter from the Minister for Justice on the bill's provisions, just to alert them to the fact that their bundle of papers contains some information that they might have been looking for.I welcome to the meeting the Deputy Minister for Justice, Hugh Henry. I also welcome Tom Fyffe, Sharon Grant and Moira Ramage, who are members of the ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 December 2004
Justice 1 Committee, 15 Dec 2004
I am accompanied by Derek Gunn and Sharon Grant from the Scottish Executive and by Alec Spencer, Roisin Hall and Ed Wozniak from the Scottish Prison Service.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 November 2003
Justice 1 Committee, 26 Nov 2003
Tom Fyffe is one of the bill team members and Sharon Grant is from the community justice services division of the Scottish Executive Justice Department.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2004
Plenary, 09 Dec 2004
Members talk about Saddam Hussein, but what about Pinochet, Suharto or Ariel Sharon? Not a bloody word. Interruption.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 April 2004
Plenary, 29 Apr 2004
I think that Mr Kerr suggested that a discussion or a phone call between Jack Straw and SNP members was not up to much, but such a discussion would probably be more significant than discussions between Jack Straw and Dick Cheney or, when it comes to the actions of Ariel Sharon, discussions between George Bush and Tony Blair.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2018
The Governance of the NHS in Scotland - ensuring delivery of the best healthcare for Scotland
Hunter Watson
CORP005 David Byrne, Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
CORP006 Ms R J Pengelly - ScotSectorLink
CORP007 Professor Catriona Paisey, University of Glasgow
CORP008 NHS National Services Scotland
CORP009 Chris Bridgeford, Founder, affasair
CORP010 The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
CORP011 British Standards Institution
CORP012 RCN Scotland
CORP013 National Pharmacy Association
CORP014 Dorothy-Grace Elder
CORP015 British Homeopathic Association
CORP016 Community Pharmacy Scotland
CORP017 Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland
CORP018 Scottish Health Campaigns Network (SHCN)
CORP019 Parkinson's UK in Scotland
CORP020 Dorothy Gibson
CORP021 Kenneth Barr
CORP022 NHS Orkney
CORP023 BMA Scotland
CORP024 Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA)
CORP025 Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland
CORP026 RCGP Scotland
CORP027 BDA Scotland
CORP028 Dr Minh Alexander
CORP029 Inclusion Scotland
CORP030 Dr Sheena B Pinion
CORP031 UNISON Scotland
CORP032 Joyce Harvie
CORP033 Allan J Tubb
CORP034 NHS Centre for Integrative Care Campaign Team
CORP035 Dr George Venters
CORP036 Catherine Hughes
CORP037 Evonne McLatchie (previously submitted for SOS Edinburgh Cleft Group)
CORP038 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Additional written evidence - corporate governance
Letter from Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 21 March 2018
Letter to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport from Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 28 March 2018
Letter from Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 24 April 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee - 23 February 2018 (plus attachments 1 and 2 below)
Attachment 1 - NHS Tayside Transformation Support Team Second Report - 23 February 2018
Attachment 2 - Letter to Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland from Lewis D Ritchie, Chairman, NHS Tayside Assurance and Advisory Group - 23 February 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee - 7 March 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Heath and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee and Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 5 April 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee and Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 6 April 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee and Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 12 April 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to David Robb, Chief Executive, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator - 12 April 2018
Letter from David Robb, Chief Executive, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee and Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee - 16 April 2018
Letter from David Robb, Chief Executive, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland - 16 April 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee - 21 May 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee regarding the Grant Thornton Report on financial governance in NHS Tayside - 22 May 2018
Letter from David Robb, Chief Executive, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland re NHS Endowment Funds risk assessment - 30 May 2018
Letter from David Robb, Chief Executive, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee re 2016/17 Audit of NHS Tayside - 31 May 2018
Letter from Paul Gray, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland to Jenny Marra MSP, Convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee regarding the 2016/17 Audit of NHS Tayside - 12 June 2018
Letter from Sharon...
