Scottish Budget
Details of the Scottish Government's spending plans.
Equality and rights
Policies
- Access to justice
- Armed forces and veterans community
- Asylum and refugees
- Disabled people
- Employment support
- Faith and belief
- Gender equality
- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)
- Gypsy/Travellers
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- LGBTQI+
- Languages
- Poverty and social justice
- Race equality
- Social security
- Victims and witnesses
- Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
Featured
Improving the Lives of Scotland’s Gypsy/Travellers 2: action plan 2024-2026
Second joint action plan by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).
Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland
First Minister John Swinney announced his first Programme for Government on 4 September 2024.
Publications
Adoption of a formal definition of Islamophobia: FOI release
21 November 2024
National Implementation Group on Terminal Illness for Disability Assistance meeting minutes: May 2024
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
Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy: Consultation
30 October 2024
Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy: Consultation - Easy Read
30 October 2024
Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 - draft regulations: consultation
30 October 2024
Statistics and research
Take-up rates of Scottish benefits 2024
20 November 2024
Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland, 2023 to 2024
19 November 2024
Skills Recognition Scotland (SRS) pilot: learning insights
08 November 2024
News
Carers urged to check for financial help
Thousands of unpaid carers could be missing out.
Scotland’s Migration Service expanded
Advice and support for migrants and employers.
Responding to bullying in schools
New guidance focuses on ‘prevention, response and inclusivity’.
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Jenny Gilruth MSP
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Siobhian Brown MSP
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Kaukab Stewart MSP
Directorates
- Children and Families Directorate
- Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
- Justice Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Social Security Directorate
- Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
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