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- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)
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- Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
Featured
Publications
Consultations
Statistics and research
Scottish Social Attitudes 2025: attitudes to discrimination and positive action
08 July 2026
Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
07 July 2026
Tackling Child Poverty delivery plan: progress report 2025-2026 - annex A - child poverty measurement framework
18 June 2026
News
Supporting low-income families
£2.5 million to expand after school activities.
FM: Scotland will stand against acts of division and hatred
First Minister meets Muslim community members following Edinburgh attacks.
Over £200,000 for anti-racism training
Funding for key education project.
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
- Learning Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Social Security Directorate
- Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate