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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024
Document: (Excel)

Found: AQ12=+'Social Fund'!AR12=+'Social Fund'!AS12=+'Social Fund'!AT12=+'Social Fund'!AU12=+'Social Fund'!


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: I) Certain elements of Social Fund have been replaced by local provision.


Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: Scotland's Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029
Document: Genomics in Scotland: Building our Future (PDF)

Found: As genomic medicine becomes an integral part of the health and social care system we must ensure that


Select Committee
Twenty-Seventh Report - Government resilience: extreme weather

Report Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: of the capacity and capability of the broader system more generally, such as the strength of their social


Lords Chamber
NHS: Long-term Sustainability - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) adult social care, are a national imperative. - Speech Link
2: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) We have for the first time introduced a qualification for adult social care staff and training. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children and Young People: Local Authority Care - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) care Bill, which would provide a vehicle to bring forward many of the reforms of children’s social care - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) care by adopting all the recommendations set out in the independent review of children’s social care - Speech Link
3: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) There are thousands of vacancies, and social care is reliant on agency workers. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) —for a reliable adult whom they can trust. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time - Thu 18 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is for a determination on adult and child - Speech Link
2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) There is greater use of in-house health and social care teams to support faster decision making, and - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Prison Officers Association (68 Is Too Late Campaign) - Thu 18 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) Two adult men into a room where you’ve got one TV, one kettle, tensions start to build, people start - Speech Link
2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) unique and demanding roles, necessitating that they keep order while functioning, on occasion, almost as social - Speech Link
3: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) In my past role as a prison-based social worker, and in my present role as the justice secretary, I have - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate

Apr. 18 2024

Source Page: Pain Management Task Force minutes: December 2023
Document: Pain Management Task Force minutes: December 2023 (webpage)

Found: module has been tested by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and is undergoing evaluation from health and social


Written Question
Skilled Workers: Vacancies
Thursday 18th April 2024

Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential reasons for skills shortages.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The workforce is more highly qualified than 15 years ago, but adult participation in further education has declined significantly. This has left us with a gap in higher technical skills: only 4% of young people achieve a qualification at higher technical level by 25 compared to 33% who get a degree or above. We know through our work with investors and businesses that we do not have enough technicians, engineers or health and social care professionals to meet our challenges. Therefore, the Government are investing an additional £3.8 billion into skills and further education over this Parliament to help workers develop the skills businesses need.