This statistical bulletin presents national level information on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland, derived from Local Authority Social Work management information systems. It provides information on various aspects

This document complements the body of guidance being developed under Changing Lives to ensure the delivery of safe, accountable and effective social work practice. It should be taken forward in

This is a summary of responses to a consultation on a strategy to support adults with autistic spectrum conditions. It considered five key themes for delivering change: health, social inclusion,

This report explores the experience of multiple problems among parents and the relationship between multiple disadvantage and childcare.

The Library Standard Note on “The Smacking Issue” provided background to the debate about whether parents should be allowed to smack their children, when reform of the law was under

This report explores the experience of multiple problems among parents and the relationship between multiple disadvantage and childcare.

‘National e-markets’ would be safe, convenient, accessible Internet marketplaces with ultra-low overheads. The private sector alone cannot create these marketplaces, but they could quickly be realised using the same model

The Bill fulfils the Government’s commitment made in September 2008 to enshrine the 2020 child poverty target in legislation. It establishes four separate child poverty targets to be met by

The Bill follows proposals announced earlier in the year in the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper to create a new National Care Service for social care. It

New Horizons sets out an intention across a wide range of agencies to move towards a society where people understand that their mental well-being is as important as their physical