Moving Home in Scotland: a guide to buying and selling your home - April 2006
MOVING HOME is one of the most stressful and expensive events in everyday life. This practical guide explains the process of buying and selling in Scotland, outlining the various options open to you and explaining the factors to be considered at every stage.

This book helps you to consider whether to move in the first place, what you can afford, and what you should look for in terms of space, location and facilities. It then explains:

•what is involved in buying and selling a home
•mortgages
•surveys and valuations
•the conveyancing process

before providing invaluable tips on surviving the actual move itself.
An essential source of information for anyone considering moving home.

Published by The Stationery Office Limited - ISBN 0114973296 — £8.99

Order your copy today from:
The Stationery Office (TSO)
71 Lothian Road
Edinburgh EH3 9AZ

Tel: 0870 606 5566
Fax: 0870 606 5588

Email: enquiries@tsoscotland.com
Internet: http://www.tso.co.uk

Supporting children and young people’s learning: a handbook for parents when their child needs additional support - January 2006

This guide is aimed at helping parents get the best out of the new Additional Support for Learning Act. The guide was written by Shelley Gray, Policy Officer for Children in Scotland and Jennifer Wallace, Policy Manager at the Scottish Consumer Council.

The handbook is being published at a time of significant change in the system for children and young people in need of additional support to benefit from education. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) Act 2004, which came into force in November 2005, replaces entirely the old system of Special Educational Needs. This guide aims to help parents through the system, explaining key terms and processes, to ensure that they can get the best for their children.

Supporting children and young people’s learning is available from The Stationery Office, priced £8.99 www.tsoshop.co.uk

Common Repair, Common Sense: A homeowner's guide to the management and maintenance of common property

A guide for homeowners on the management and maintenance of common property. To download a free copy of this publication click here.

Your Right to Know - a guide to freedom of information law in Scotland

A guide for consumers on their rights of access to information under the Freedom of Informaion (Scotland) Act produced jointly by the Scottish Consumer Council and the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner. To read the guide click here.

Hard copies of the guide can be obtained from the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner. Tel: 01334 464610 or email:enquiries@itspublicknowledge.info

February 2005

The A-Z of Scots Education Law

The A-Z of Scots Education Law answers many questions about the legal responsibilities and rights that parents, children and young people have in education.

August 2004 ISBN 0 11 497318 0

£9.99 from The Stationery Office www.tso.co.uk

The Legal System of Scotland (3rd Edition)

This helpful book provides an overview of the legal system of Scotland post-devolution. Written in plain English for non-lawyers, it covers such areas as: the judicial system, origins of Scots law, tribunals, civil and criminal courts and legal aid.

May 2004 ISBN 0 11 497315 6

£8.95 from The Stationery Office www.tso.co.uk and book shops.

Protecting personal privacy: guidelines for collecting and using people's personal data
This guide, which continues our series of good practice guides, is aimed at anyone who collects, processes and uses personal information. It describes the legal context for data protection and goes on to set out good practice points that will help increase consumer confidence.

June 2001 ISBN 1 899581 57 X
£14.50 by post