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Draft Mental Health (Scotland) Bill
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Draft Mental Health (Scotland) Bill
Child Poverty Bill: explanatory notes on Lords amendments: March 2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Child Poverty Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020. Its purpose is to give new impetus to the Government’s commitment, and to drive action across departments. It also aims to define success in eradicating child poverty and create a framework to monitor progress at a national and local level. The key areas are that it: places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet 4 United Kingdom-wide poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020; requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy; requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies; establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice; requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports; and places new duties on local authorities and other delivery partners in England to work together to tackle child poverty. This document provides explanatory notes relating to the Lords Amendments to the Child Poverty Bill (Bill 92), as brought from the House of Lords on 17 March 2010.
Lords amendments to the Child Poverty Bill: March 2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Child Poverty Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020. Its purpose is to give new impetus to the Government’s commitment, and to drive action across departments. It also aims to define success in eradicating child poverty and create a framework to monitor progress at a national and local level. The key areas are that it: places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet 4 United Kingdom-wide poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020; requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy; requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies; establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice; requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports; and places new duties on local authorities and other delivery partners in England to work together to tackle child poverty. This document (Bill 92), brought from the House of Lords on 17 March 2010, contains the Lords Amendments to the Child Poverty Bill (HL Bill 21).
Child Poverty Bill: (as amended on report)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Lords
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Child Poverty Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020. Its purpose is to give new impetus to the Government’s commitment, and to drive action across departments. It also aims to define success in eradicating child poverty and create a framework to monitor progress at a national and local level. The key areas are that it: places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet 4 United Kingdom-wide poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020; requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy; requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies; establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice; requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports; and places new duties on local authorities and other delivery partners in England to work together to tackle child poverty. This stage of the bill (HL Bill 46) was published on 10 March 2010.
Scotland Legislation
- Publisher:
- Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)
This website contains the full text of all Acts of the Scottish Parliament and the Explanatory Notes to the Acts of the Scottish Parliament; and Scottish Statutory Instruments. The aim is to publish these documents online within 24 hours of their publication in printed form. Links are also provided to the full text of all United Kingdom Acts of Parliament and United Kingdom Statutory Instruments which apply exclusively or primarily to Scotland. Specific links have also been provided to the full text of the Scotland Act 1998 and its associated delegated legislation which established the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive.
Social care funding reform impact assessment
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
This impact assessment looks at the changes to social care funding provided for by the Care Bill 2013. The primary objective of the policy is to provide people with financial protection from catastrophic care costs and as a result give them the peace of mind from knowing that they do not risk losing all their assets to pay for their care. Extensive policy options were considered by the Commission on Funding Care and Support. The Government accepted the principles of their recommendation of a cap on care costs in July 2012. The analysis included within this impact assessment focuses on the Commission's proposed system of a capped cost model with an extended means test for residential care. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021: vaccination as a condition of deployment in care homes: impact assessment
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
This impact assessment (IA) monetises the cost to social care providers of making vaccination a condition of deployment in care homes and recruiting replacements for workers who may not fulfil the requirement of having both doses of the vaccine by the end of the sixteen-week grace period, as stated by the policy. Due to the high degree of uncertainty around the number of workers who may need to be recruited, the recruitment costs range from £38m to £149m. The best estimate of £94m is a centralised estimate of this range and forecasts that 7% of the workforce may require replacement due to non-fulfilment. The cost uses this 7% (which equates to c.38,000 workers) and assumes a cost of recruitment per worker of £2,500 based on evidence from the sector. The non-monetised costs to business and civil society organisations include: direct, transitional costs to care providers of cover for staff absent due to side effects from having the vaccination, or replacement of staff who suffer complication as a result of it; direct, transitional costs to care providers of management familiarising themselves with the regulation and guidelines on exemptions; indirect costs to care providers from temporary increased strain on those working in social care who are already vaccinated, and on workforce capacity; indirect costs to businesses as lost earnings or revenue from those who have unvaccinated visiting professionals who can no longer be hired by care providers. There are also likely to be non-monetised costs to individuals as a result of this policy, which include: indirect cost of restricted job choice for current social care workers who may leave the workforce due to the policy; and indirect cost of temporary loss of earnings for those leaving the workforce. (Edited publisher abstract)
Coronavirus Bill
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 329
- Place of publication:
- London
This Bill makes provisions in connection with coronavirus (COVID-19). Key health and social care provisions in the Bill include: the emergency and temporary registration of health professionals and social workers; temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation; changes in NHS and local authority care and support; and other public health measures. (Edited publisher abstract)
Coronavirus Bill: explanatory notes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 73
- Place of publication:
- London
Explanatory notes produced by the Department for Health and Social Care to assist readers of the Coronavirus Bill, as introduced in the House of Commons on 19 March 2020 (Bill 122) to combat coronavirus (COVID-19). The Notes explain what each part of the Bill will mean in practice; provide background information on the development of policy; and provide additional information on how the Bill will affect existing legislation in this area. The Notes are not intended to be a comprehensive description of the Bill. Key health and social care provisions in the Bill include: the emergency and temporary registration of health professionals and social workers; temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation; and changes in NHS and local authority care and support.
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- Author:
- WALES. National Assembly
- Publisher:
- Wales. National Assembly
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 52
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Act requires public bodies to act in pursuit of the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales in a way that accords with the sustainable development principle. Public bodies need to make sure that when making their decisions they take into account the impact they could have on people living their lives in Wales in the future. It will expect them to: work together better; involve people reflecting the diversity of communities; look to the long term as well as focusing on now; and take action to try and stop problems getting worse - or even stop them happening in the first place. The Act establishes a statutory Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, whose role is to act as a guardian for the interests of future generations in Wales, and to support the public bodies listed in the Act to work towards achieving the well-being goals. The Act also establishes Public Services Boards (PSBs) for each local authority area in Wales. Each PSB must improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of its area by working to achieve the well-being goals. (Edited publisher abstract)