Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland
First Minister John Swinney announced his first Programme for Government on 4 September 2024.
Law and order
Policies
Featured
Community justice strategy: delivery plan
Sets out deliverables which detail the work that will be undertaken to drive improvement nationally towards the aims of the National Strategy for Community Justice.
Scottish Budget
Details of the Scottish Government's spending plans.
Publications
Scottish Government legal costs incurred: FOI release
21 November 2024
Communications with Scottish Prison Service regarding HMP Addiewell: FOI release
20 November 2024
Redress For Survivors (Historical Child Abuse In Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 - payment of legal fees and related decisions: statutory guidance - updated November 2024
20 November 2024
Consultations
Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 - draft regulations: consultation
30 October 2024
Long-term prisoner release process: consultation analysis
10 October 2024
Media reporting on child homicide victims: consultation - easy read
26 July 2024
Statistics and research
Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland, 2023 to 2024
19 November 2024
Justice and safer communities statistics: monthly data report summary - October 2024
31 October 2024
Homicide in Scotland 2023-24
29 October 2024
News
Reducing the prison population
Legislation proposed to deliver sustained reduction to rising prisoner numbers.
Domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 2023-24
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill update
Amendments to landmark legislation.
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Angela Constance MSP
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Siobhian Brown MSP
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