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Local child poverty action reports: year 4 review - 2021 to 2022
This research publication summarises key trends and actions undertaken by local areas to reduce child poverty over the period April 2021 to March 2022 so that key learnings can be shared and lessons learned.
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Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessment
This impact assessment is an enabler which helps us in improving outcomes, transparency and accountability. The results of the equality impact assessment process for the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill is an ongoing process and will be reviewed as the policy develops.
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Violence Against Women and Girls - Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Services: report
The Independent Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services was led by Lesley Irving, former Head of the Scottish Government’s Equality Unit, who was supported by an Advisory Group comprising key figures from local government, academia and the third sector.
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Violence Against Women and Girls - Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Services: report - easy read
Easy read version of the Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services report.
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Winter Heating Payment statistics: winter 2022-2023
This is the first publication of Winter Heating Payment statistics. It covers payments made to 30 April 2023. It includes analysis of payments by client age, local authority, qualifying benefit, application method and month. It also includes breakdown of applications by outcome and month, channel and processing times.
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Correspondence relating to Transgender Prisoners: FOI Review
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
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Cash-First - towards ending the need for food banks in Scotland: plan
This Plan "Cash-First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland" sets out our human rights approach to tackling food insecurity and outlines nine collaborative actions we will take over the next three years to improve the response to financial hardship and start to reduce the need for emergency food parcels.
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Domestic Homicide Review Taskforce questionnaire: results summary
This paper provides a summary of the results of an online questionnaire issued to the Domestic Homicide Review Taskforce in December 2022.
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Domestic Homicide Reviews: evidence briefing
This evidence briefing compares the Domestic Homicide Review model of 17 international jurisdictions. It aims to inform the initial stage of thinking around the development of a Domestic Homicide Review model for Scotland
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New dementia strategy for Scotland: summary
This summary of our New Dementia Strategy for Scotland (a 10-year vision for change) sets out the difference we want to make, prioritising how we improve delivery and impact, with a focus on enhancing community supports.