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SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 November 2024
Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill - Financial costs
The Financial Memorandum outlines that it has not been possible to estimate the implementation costs for the following, so these have not been included in the above figures:
costs falling on the National Health Service and Police Scotland relating to the undertaking of MAPPA (multi-agency public protection arrangements) activities as a responsible authority...
Committees
Last updated:
8 November 2024
Administration of Scottish income tax 2022/23
The report says:
"HMRC’s compliance activity typically applies to tax liabilities from two years previous, therefore any compliance risk from the further divergence in tax policy between Scotland and the rest of the UK from 2023/24 is unlikely to be apparent through compliance cases until at least 2025/26.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 October 2024
National Outcomes: Response to the Review of Outcomes and Indicators relating to the Scottish Government's International Work - Global branding
He did suggest, however, that more could be done “to promote contemporary activities, including our science, space and biotechnology sectors”, something on which his committee had encouraged the UK and Scottish Governments to work together.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 October 2024
National Outcomes: Response to the Review of Outcomes and Indicators relating to the Scottish Government's International Work - Aims and objectives
The Global Affairs Framework also set out “the values and principles underpinning the Scottish Government’s international work and the basis on which the Scottish Government will prioritise its international activity”. The aim was to support the domestic agenda, including the “creation of good, green jobs, reducing child poverty, gender and other inequaliti...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Stage 1 Report on Housing (Scotland) Bill: Part 5 (homelessness prevention) and Part 6 (other housing matters - fuel poverty) - Fuel Poverty
Women are often ‘shockabsorbers’ of poverty, actively struggling to ensure better outcomes for their children and families, regardless of their own personal wellbeing […] Therefore, if child poverty targets are to be met, full consideration of women’s persistent burden must be made throughout poverty-related legislation.SPICe analysis - Housing (Scotland) B...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2024
Report on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach - Annexe B - Extract from SPICe Briefing on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Annexe B - Extract from SPICe Briefing on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Table 3: Proposed Commissioners - Potential OverlapRemit*Potential Overlap -CommissionersPotential Overlap -Public BodiesPatient Safety CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to advocate for systemic improvements in healthcare safety and to promote the importance of patient and public input, including gathering information, making recommendations, and fostering coordination among healthcare providers.Scottish Public Services OmbudsmanEquality and Human Rights CommissionHealthcare Improvement ScotlandVictims and Witnesses CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to protect and promote the rights of victims and witnesses, advance their voices, influence change, ensure that criminal justice agencies meet their responsibilities under the Victims' Code, and abstain from championing or intervening in individual cases.Scottish Public Services OmbudsmanCommunity Justice ScotlandPolice Investigations & Review CommissionerScottish Police AuthorityScottish Criminal Cases Review CommissionDisability CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to promote and safeguard the rights of disabled people, advocate for them at a national level, review laws, policies, and practices related to their rights, promote best practices among service providers, and conduct investigations into service providers related to matters within the remit of the devolved institutions, focusing on how they have addressed the rights, views, and interests of disabled people.Scottish Commission for Human RightsLearning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Commissioner / CommissionEquality and Human Rights CommissionIndependent Living Fund ScotlandThe Mental Welfare Commission for ScotlandPoverty and Inequality CommissionMobility and Access CommitteeOlder People’s CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to raise awareness of the interests of older people in Scotland, promote opportunities for, and eliminate discrimination against, older people, encourage best practice in their treatment, review the adequacy and effectiveness of laws affecting their interests, and undertake investigations into how service providers consider the rights, interests, and views of older people in decisions and work related to devolved matters.Scottish Commission for Human RightsEquality and Human Rights CommissionIndependent Living Fund ScotlandPoverty and Inequality CommissionWellbeing and Sustainable Development CommissionerThe role of the Commissioner is to ensure compliance with the proposed Bill, hold public bodies accountable, oversee relevant Acts, provide advice, make recommendations, and contribute to legislative reviews and reform, with a focus on achieving the National Outcomes and meeting the values and aspirations of the people of Scotland.Future Generations CommissionerHighlands and Islands EnterpriseScottish Law CommissionPoverty and Inequality CommissionScottish Futures TrustFuture Generations CommissionerThe role of the commissioner, who acting on behalf of future generations would be empowered to hold public bodies, including Ministers, to account as well as provide support in relation to the delivery of wellbeing, sustainable development, and future generations outcomes.Wellbeing and Sustainable Development CommissionerHighlands and Islands EnterprisePoverty and Inequality CommissionScottish Futures TrustLearning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Commissioner / CommissionThe role of the Commissioner is to oversee the protection of the rights of individuals with learning disabilities and autism, ensure compliance with new laws, and address concerns related to policy implementation, thereby promoting inclusivity and support for neurodivergent individuals in Scotland.Scottish Commission for Human RightsDisability CommissionerIndependent Living Fund ScotlandThe Mental Welfare Commission for ScotlandPoverty and Inequality CommissionMobility and Access Committee for Scotland* The list is not exhaustive of the activities...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 September 2024
Scotland's exports - policy and statistics - Since Brexit
The Scottish Government has published two annual reports, the most recent in June 2023. Key activity covered in this report includes1Scottish Government. (2023, June 30).
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2024
Scottish Languages Bill - Stage 1 Report - Criteria
Criteria
The Bill proposes that areas that meet any of the following criteria could be designated an area of linguistic significance—
at least 20% of the population of the area have “Gaelic language skills”
the area:
“is historically connected with the use of Gaelic”
has GME provision, or
has “significant activity relating to the Gaelic language or Gaelic ...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 June 2024
The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service - Background
It also includes additional services such as funeral escorts; bed watch activity when those in custody are detained for medical treatment; and transfers to Police Scotland interviews and identification parades.1Audit Scotland. (2023, December 12).
News
Published:
9 May 2024
Parliament to appoint new Chair of Scottish Human Rights Commission
In 2019, she was awarded the Jo Cox Award for Public Service and Activity Citizenship by the Political Studies Association.
