Publications

Ending homelessness together: updated action plan - October 2020

Updated Ending Homelessness Together action plan, outlining how national government, local government and third sector partners will work together on our shared ambition to end homelessness. It has been revised to reflect actions needed in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Type: Strategy/plan
Date: 08 October 2020

Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Specified Type B Procedures) (Scotland) Regulations: consultation

We are seeking views on medical procedures proposed to be specified as Type B pre-death procedures, alongside how they may be authorised and what conditions may be applied to them. Pre-death procedures are the medical procedures carried out to increase the likelihood of successful transplantation.

Type: Consultation paper
Date: 08 October 2020

SQA Awards 2021: Deputy First Minister's speech

Deputy First Minister John Swinney's speech in the Scottish Parliament on 7 October 2020.

Type: Speech/statement
Date: 07 October 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: First Minister's speech 7 October 2020

Statement given by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh on Wednesday 7 October.

Type: Speech/statement
Date: 07 October 2020

Part of:: First Minister's speeches

National Qualifications experience 2020 - rapid review: our response

Our response to the recommendations in the rapid review of National Qualifications experience report 2020.

Type: Corporate report
Date: 07 October 2020

National Qualifications experience 2020: rapid review

Professor Mark Priestley of the University of Stirling was commissioned by the Scottish Government to lead an independent review of the processes through which National Qualifications were awarded in 2020 after exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Type: Independent report
Date: 07 October 2020