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
All you need to know about our Programme for Government which sets out the actions we will take in the coming year and beyond.
Publications
Consultations
Statistics and research
Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
07 April 2026
Scottish Mentoring and Leadership Programme: impact and value for money evaluation
19 March 2026
Working together towards a Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill: Costs and benefits considerations
18 March 2026
News
Supporting parents and carers to work
Thousands of families to gain new opportunities to learn, earn and thrive.
Scottish Government Workforce Statistics December 2025
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.
Supporting, empowering and including disabled people
Awards announced from £1.5 million Improving Access Fund
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