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Scotland’s Carbon Footprint: 1998-2018
March 18th, 2022
Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published Scotland’s Carbon Footprint: 1998-2018. This shows that between 2017 and 2018, Scotland’s carbon footprint  increased by 2.6%. This increase was mainly related to emissions associated with imported goods and services although domestic emissions also increased in 2018. Between 1998 and 2017, Scotland’s carbon footprint fell by 30.5%.
Consultation – Health and social care strategy for older people
March 11th, 2022
A consultation paper on a Health and Social Care Strategy for Older People has been published. It runs until 19th June 2022.
National Benchmarking Overview Report 2020-21
March 11th, 2022
The Local Government Benchmarking Framework (LGBF) provides evidence and data on trends in Scottish local government. It supports evidence-based comparisons between councils over time. The tenth annual report has now been published.
Collecting equality data
March 11th, 2022
Guidance notes on the recommended questions to ask when collecting equality data have been issued. This includes information on age, disability, ethnic group, gender, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
Planning for Scotland’s health and social care workforce
March 11th, 2022
The National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland, co-produced by the Scottish Government and COSLA, identifies the five key areas which will support the creation of a sustainable, skilled workforce as the sector rebuilds.
Overarching drug and alcohol plan needed
March 11th, 2022
The Accounts Commission has reported that drug and alcohol services in Scotland are complex and a clear plan is needed to improve people’s lives and increase transparency around spending.
New national education bodies
March 11th, 2022
Three national organisations are to be created to drive improvement in education. A new public body will be responsible for developing and awarding qualifications and will replace the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). A national agency for education will see Education Scotland (ES) replaced. The new executive agency will provide improved support and professional learning to […]
Local Government in Scotland: Financial Overview 2020/21
March 11th, 2022
Local Government in Scotland: Financial Overview 2020/21 explains the  challenges on local authorities driven by financial constraints, and increasing demands on services and resources.
SFRS – Spring Safety Campaign
March 11th, 2022
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have launched their 2022 Spring Safety Campaign with a focus on deliberate fire-raising.
Participatory Budgeting 2021/22
March 08th, 2022
This year’s Participatory Budgeting (PB) funding process has just concluded: Locality  PB Results Arts & Culture PB Results We had a fantastic response again this year, despite us being in the middle of a Global Pandemic. Some great local projects will receive funding to deliver their ideas, which will all benefit their local community. Projects […]
Working together against cyber crime
March 07th, 2022
A new Scottish Cyber Co-ordination Centre is being set up. The SC3 will have a primary focus on the public sector initially, and in its first year, will look at how Scotland can manage threat and vulnerability at scale; how to build the cyber security capabilities of the public sector and how responses to incidents […]
February 2022 Economic Summary
March 07th, 2022
The monthly economic brief provides a summary of latest key economic statistics, forecasts and analysis on the Scottish economy
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