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Prison population and penal reform: working towards sustainability
Scotland’s prison population is growing rapidly and reached record levels in May this year, with over 8,600 prisoners being held in an estate designed for 7,805. Scotland is not alone in this. England and Wales are facing similar challenges, as are other jurisdictions, driven in particular by increases in the number of long-term prisoners and longer average sentence lengths. Tackling this issue is of critical importance. Increasing overcrowding in prisons undermines their... MoreOpened 25 June 2026 -
National Strategy for Community Justice: review of 2022 strategy
The National Strategy for Community Justice provides the direction for community justice across Scotland, setting out aims, ambitions and priority actions. In addition to delivering justice, a community justice approach seeks to address the underlying causes of offending behaviour, such as drug and alcohol addiction, and put people on a better path that reduces the likelihood of them reoffending in future. The Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 establishes the current model... MoreOpened 25 June 2026 -
Proposed changes to SSSC registration requirements
Social services is one of Scotland’s largest sectors, employing approximately 210,000 individuals across social work, social care and children and young people’s services – making up roughly 8% of Scotland’s employed population. Those working in social services are often supporting the most vulnerable members of our society. It is vital that they are equipped with the appropriate skills, behaviours, values and approaches to enable them to undertake this work. Registration... MoreOpened 2 July 2026 -
Council Tax High Value Property Bands (Mansion Tax)
The Scottish Government is seeking your views on the proposed rates for two new Council Tax bands for high-value residential properties in Scotland, commonly referred to as a “Mansion Tax”. Council Tax helps fund essential local services including schools, social care, roads, libraries and waste collection. All revenue raise from the two new Council Tax bands will be retained locally. The intention is for the new bands to take effect from 1 April 2028 and they will be... MoreOpened 6 July 2026 -
Registration services: Fees review
National Records of Scotland (NRS) want to hear your views about our proposed changes to the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Our propsols are intended to ensure that registration service fees better reflect the costs of delivering these public services and remain sustainable. NRS is a non-ministerial department in the Scottish Administration that supports and carries out the functions of the Registrar General for Scotland. A key... MoreOpened today
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