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During evidence sessions with the Auditor General for Scotland and the Comptroller and Auditor General in February 2024, followed by the Scottish Government and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in April 2024, the Committee explored a number of issues including the behavioural impacts associated with the divergence of tax policy in Scotland compared with the re...
Supplementary evidence on the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.
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Supplementary evidence on the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Employment
The SFC forecast sets out a more positive picture for employment in the economy compared to previous forecasts. The SFC suggests there is evidence that the domestic labour market may not be at capacity, as current labour shortages would imply.
Social landlords are also subject to a greater degree of regulation compared to private landlords.
Figure 1: overview of house condition standardsSource: SPICe.
The 2015 Strategy recognises that certain sectors of the economy offer particular opportunities for growth - in all or part of that sector - due to existing comparative advantages or through the potential to capitalise on Scotland's unique natural assets.
Modelling of a scenario in which full take-up of SCP was achieved e.g. through automated payments rather than an application system suggests that this would not make a significant impact on child poverty when compared with the high take up scenario (80% take up).