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SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 May 2019
Devolved social security powers: progress and plans - Social Security Expenditure in 2019/20
Audit Scotland noted that:
managing expenditure within this budget is challenging given the level of activity anticipated.
Audit Scotland. (2019, May).
Committee reports
Date published:
7 March 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Transport (Scotland) Bill - Introduction
As part of its evidence gathering the Committee also undertook the following activity to inform its consideration of the Bill:
a video conference with transport authorities in London to discuss low emission zones; bus services and smart ticketing;
an evening discussion event attended by a wide range of stakeholders in the Scottish Parliament on 24 October...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2019
Business Support - Annex A - Core Business Gateway funding
Nor does it include ERDF funds to deliver additional business support activity (2016-18 £1.1m and a further application on £1.5m has been submitted for 2019-21)Dumfries and GallowayiiiDumfries and Galloway submission stated that spend information is only retained for 5 years.East Ayrshire2008-091,163,1621,053,402-1,626,000882,000-274,3732009-101,260,3041,08...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 February 2019
Agriculture and Land Use - Public money for public goods? - Potential for co-financing
Defra commissioned 16 pilot PES schemes between 2012-2015 and identified a range of potential private buyers and their motivations:
Water companies where activities reduce end-of-pipe treatment costs;
Recreational visitors who benefit directly from the maintenance of a landscape visit;
Local tourism businesses who use the landscape to advertise to potential...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 February 2019
Agriculture and Land Use - Public money for public goods? - Environmental impacts
Large-scale implementation of agri-environment schemes - payments for activities designed to provide environmental benefits - began in 1992.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Salmon farming in Scotland - Local authorities and the planning process
Questioned on these concerns when giving evidence, the Cabinet Secretary indicated that the Scottish Government was actively considering the role of local authorities in approving salmon farms.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 November 2018
Private Renting Reforms: how to evidence the impact of legislation - Monitoring the private landlord registration scheme
Table 1: Private Landlord Registration: Scottish Government aims and possible outcome measures AimsOutcome MeasureData AvailabilitySourcesGeographyRegistration of Landlords % of landlords registered.Not availableN/AN/ADifferences between estimated rental households and landlords.AvailableAvailableCollectedSHSCensusLandlord registerLocal authorityOutput areaUnknownRegistration of properties% of properties registered.Not AvailableN/AN/AFit and proper testNumber of landlords refused registration.Collected by Local AuthoritiesN/AN/ANumbers of landlords who have their registration revoked.Collected by Local AuthoritiesN/AN/AOther enforcement activity...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 November 2018
Climate Change and Agriculture: How can Scottish Agriculture Contribute to Climate Change Targets? - Executive Summary
The reality on the ground is that the activities of farmers and land managers both contribute to and sequester greenhouse gases.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 October 2018
Brewing and distilling in Scotland - economic facts and figures - Income
The brewing sector is an important driver of the wider economic activity due to intrinsic links with other sectors.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 June 2018
Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social integration strategy the answer? - The policy context: attracting and retaining migrants in (post-Brexit) Scotland
Within available policy frameworks, the most obvious answer is by applying ‘soft levers’ aimed at attracting and retaining people.i‘Soft levers’ are, for example, migrant integration policies or international outreach activities, which can be applied using Scotland's devolved competencies; Hepburn, E. (2017).
