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SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 January 2026
Scottish Budget 2026-27 - Public service reform
Transformation in local government was the focus of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee’s Pre-Budget scrutiny this year. The Committee looked at the Government’s £30 million Invest to Save fund which was launched last year to support efforts “to catalyse efficiency, effectiveness and productivity projects” across all parts of the devolved p...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 - Transitional provisions / interaction with pre-existing contracts
Transitional provisions / interaction with pre-existing contracts
A range of responses raised the need for more clarity on how the legislation will apply to existing contracts.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: future social security spending in Scotland - Effectiveness of FSDP
Official Report, 04 September 2025, Col 20.The SFC also advised caution in its August 2025 fiscal update, stating that discussion about any new or altered spending plans or tax changes need to be considered against "broader public finances".Pre-Budget Scrutiny – SPICe prepared Call for Views Summary
In terms of other pressures on the budget, the IFS noted t...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 July 2025
Links between Climate Change and Health in Scotland. - Introduction
Retrieved from https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CCRA-Evidence-Report-Scotland-Summary-Final-1.pdf [accessed 11 November 2024]iWhile many estimates of global warming use a pre-industrial baseline, in this instance, the information provided is based on the most recent Climate Change Risk Assessment for Scotland given its specificity to...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2023-24 - Understanding barriers to participation in local politics
The Committee reflects on its consideration of this issue in more detail in its pre-budget letter to the Cabinet Secretary this year.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 October 2024
Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill - Benefits of residential outdoor education
Rickinson et al. (2004)identified several programme attributes that were related to success, such as integrated pre- and post-intervention activities, longer, more sustained activities, and linking learning to the curriculum.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2024
Stage 1 report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Surplus
iClimate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets)(Scotland) Bill - Policy Memorandum, page 3 This reflects many of the opinions in our evidence session on 17 SeptemberiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 September 2024, Col 25 and 26 and pre-legislative call for views.iiiWritten submissions from Friends of the Earth Scotland, Institut...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 September 2024
Local Government Finance: facts and figures 2024 - Financial sustainability indicators
The Scottish Parliament's Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, hoping to get some clarity on this matter, has decided to explore the issue of local government financial sustainability as part of its 2025-26 pre-budget scrutiny.
The Local Government Benchmarking Framework (LGBF) includes five financial sustainability indicators, including the fo...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2024
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Overall views on the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill
Many of the personal experiences that we heard about pre-date the Angiolini review, and the work done by policing bodies and others within the criminal justice system to implement the review’s non-legislative recommendations, but not all.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Part 1: Large land holdings: management and transfer of ownership
The PM states that a “fundamental policy decision”, is the definition of a large land holding, and that the Bill sets out different thresholds for different purposes:
For community engagement and land management plan requirements, the Bill defines a large land holding as more than 3000ha, or a land holding of at least 1000ha that accounts for more than 25% of a permanently inhabited island.
For pre-notification and transfer test, the Bill defines a large land holding as more than 1000ha.
