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SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 January 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25 - Non-domestic rates
We think less than 1% of RHL businesses would get no relief at all if the same cap applied.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Affordability of transport
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said that when it comes to rail use—
It costs a working-class man or woman an absolute fortune to get to their place of work. We are talking about thousands of pounds.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Providing educational courses
However, it is critical that the Government thinks about other areas that colleges could get funding from. Other pockets of funding could support colleges, not just from the education budget, which would help tackle poverty and achieve the economy that the Scottish Government wants.iSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report, 15 June 2023...
News
Published:
30 June 2023
Committee seeks views on how Scotland should best achieve a circular economy
So, it is vital that as many people as possible get involved in the discussion to help strengthen our scrutiny of the detail in the Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 January 2023
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24 - Behavioural Change
It explained that “the behavioural effect gets stronger, but the revenue you raise also increases”.15
During evidence, the Deputy First Minister accepted that the Scottish Government had to be mindful of potential behavioural changes when making tax policy changes.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 December 2022
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill (Session 6) - Legislation
PGT3 also noted that transitions planning should take place within the wider Getting It Right for Every Child ("GIRFEC") approach and through non-statutory plans, such as a Child's Plan.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 November 2022
Pre-Budget 2023-24 - Refugees, asylum seekers and insecure immigration status
These include, for example—
assess and monitor policies for their impacts on refugees and those in severe poverty, making positive changes accordingly
a radical housing plan
maximise work opportunities for both people seeking and granted refugee protection
ensure all seeking protection are included in non-monetary anti-poverty measures, and those granted protection get all anti-poverty and social security entitlements
a revamped national entitlement to free bus travel, to enable social inclusion.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2022
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 5 - Social Security (Scotland) Bill
Some of the other issues discussed included:
how best to make provision for those who are terminally ill to receive disability assistance
whether it was necessary to have a two-stage process when challenging a decision. (The bill requires someone to get a redetermination by the agency before they can appeal)
whether provisions for recovery of over payments ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 September 2022
Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill - The logbook loan model in England and Wales
Logbook loans target people who cannot get credit from mainstream lenders. They have very high interest rates.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 August 2022
Scottish Attainment Challenge - Role of schools in evaluation
She particularly highlighted that interventions should be compared to other possible alternative approaches:
That is not just about gathering metrics on a programme in isolation; it is also about benchmarking with other programmes and constructing control groups that allow you to get into the detail of what is happening and what is succeeding for pupils.
