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Featured
Publications
Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Toolkit: temporarily unavailable
30 October 2026
Scottish Household Survey 2025 findings: Cultural Engagement
29 October 2026
UK Supreme Court Judgment (For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers) Working Group meeting agenda and briefings: FOI release
28 October 2026
Consultations
Statistics and research
Scottish Household Survey 2025 findings: Cultural Engagement
29 October 2026
Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
06 October 2026
Cash-First Programme: final evaluation report
29 September 2026
News
Support for veterans on Edinburgh’s Poppy Day
Groups urged to apply to Scottish Veterans’ Fund.
UK Budget must bring bills down
Scottish Government facing projected real-terms block grant cut.
Scotland and Wales: Scrap 'punitive' welfare policies and cut bills
Scottish and Welsh Governments write to UK ministers ahead of Budget
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Kirsten Oswald MSP
Directorates
- Children and Families Directorate
- Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
- Justice Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Social Security Directorate
- Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate