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Questions and Answers Date answered: 24 October 2023

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Supported employment including Individual Placement and Support can offer assistance to those requiring intensive and specific help especially those with severe and enduring mental ill health.

SPICe briefings Date published: 19 February 2021

Earnings in Scotland: 2020 - What is typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland?

What is typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland? This section looks at typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland and across the UK.

Official Report Meeting date: 7 March 2019

Meeting of the Parliament 07 March 2019

Duncan Adams Ltd (Administration) The First Minister will be aware that, yesterday, administrators were called in to Grangemouth haulage firm Duncan Adams Ltd, which has operated at the port for nearly 60 years. One hundred and thirty-two employees were made redundant yesterday, following the devastating news, with 12 employees having been retained in the short term to assist with the closure of the firm.

SPICe briefings Date published: 14 October 2025

Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill - General review of contract law in the SLC's Eighth Programme of Law Reform

General review of contract law in the SLC's Eighth Programme of Law Reform The SLC's work is based on programmes of law reform as well as individual references from the Scottish and UK Ministers.1Scottish Law Commission . (2025, March 26).

Last updated: 3 April 2025

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Celebrating the University of the West of Scotland's Groundbreaking Foundation Academy: The Parliament debated S6M-16633 in the name of George Adam—That the Parliament applauds the work of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and what it sees as the groundbreaking work that it is doing with the Foundation Academy, which is a 12-month programme helping pupils across S5 and S6 to develop academic skills, experience university-level study, and visit a university campus in order to boost their confidence in pursuing higher education and strengthen university applications; understands that the programme is the first of its kind in Scotland and has been recognised by various institutions as an alternative pathway to meeting the required qualifications to enter university; acknowledges how successful the academy has reportedly been for the thousands of pupils who have benefited from the additional support offered since the launch of the programme in 2022, and praises the time and effort of all those involved in the creation and running of the programme for the impact that this is having on pupils, including those in the Paisley constituency, who otherwise may not have been able to attend university. 4.

Committee reports Date published: 23 April 2019

Report on Scottish National Standardised Assessments - A formative / diagnostic assessment

Our assessments are used at teacher level to assist them identify pupils’ areas of need and then to support implementation of support programmes as appropriate.

Last updated: 7 March 2023

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S5W-23223 Michelle Ballantyne: To ask the Scottish Government how much it has cost to acquire third-party pieces of coding and software for the social security programme. S5W-23226 Michelle Ballantyne: To ask the Scottish Government how it will adapt its agile working approach in the social security programme to respond to any increase in the programme’s scale.

Last updated: 3 June 2025

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Earlier this year, our Post Mortem Programme Delivery Manager met with the Royal College of Pathologists where CT scanning featured among the discussions.

Last updated: 30 August 2022

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Its latest guidelines (published in 2017) put the median wage for Assistant Conservators at 16 £21,303, and for Assistant Curators at £20,395  The Chartered Institute for Archaeology has stated that “the problem of low pay has the potential to critically impact professional standards”.