Category: Health

  • Data Centres

    Reading time: 10 minutes

    This post answers some key questions about data centres and their development in Scotland, with a focus on resources use and national planning policy.

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    New child poverty dashboard published

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    Find constituency-level child poverty statistics here: Poverty and deprivation statistics for Scottish Parliament constituencies and other local areas in Scotland

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    Useful sources of health and social care information

    Reading time: 8 minutes

    A list of useful sources of information on health and social care topics, updated regularly.

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    Student support and fees part 4: Benefits and student loan repayment

    Reading time: 2 minutes

    This four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support…

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    Student support and fees part 3: Support for Higher Education students

    Reading time: 5 minutes

    This four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support…

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    Student support and fees part 2: Support for Further Education students

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    This four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support…

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    Student support and fees part 1: Eligibility and applying for funding

    Reading time: 4 minutes

    This four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support…

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    Labour market update: June 2026

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    Monthly update on the labour market in Scotland.

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    Membership of committees

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    This short blog sets out the membership of the committees of the Session 7 Parliament.

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    Explainer: assimilated law

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    This blog briefly explains the background to a body of domestic law called ‘assimilated law’ and looks at how it can be amended.

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    SPICe Hub: how devolution works  

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    As the Session 7 Parliament gets underway, SPICe will publish a series of blogs to help to explain how devolution works. This mini blogpost provides a central…

  • Thinking about transport

    Reading time: 8 minutes

    This post briefly introduces some key transport policy concepts, with a view to informing debate on transport matters in the new parliamentary session, with a…