Building a New Scotland
A series of papers, titled ‘Building a New Scotland’, together form a prospectus for an independent Scotland
Equality and rights
Policies
- Access to justice
- Armed forces and veterans community
- Disabled people
- Employment support
- Faith and belief
- Gender equality
- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)
- Gypsy/Travellers
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- LGBTI and gender recognition
- Languages
- Poverty and social justice
- Race equality
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Social security
- Victims and witnesses
- Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
Featured
Women's health plan
The Women’s Health Plan underpins actions to improve women’s health inequalities by raising awareness around women’s health, improving access to health care and reducing inequalities in health outcomes for girls and women, both for sex-specific conditions and in women’s general health.
Programme for Government
All you need to know about our Programme for Government.
Publications
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: CRWIA
05 October 2022
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: EQIA
05 October 2022
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessment summary
05 October 2022
Consultations
Children's Care and Justice Bill - policy proposals: consultation analysis
08 September 2022
Social security consultation: easy read
02 September 2022
A New Deal for Tenants: consultation analysis
23 August 2022
Statistics and research
Scottish Welfare Fund, Self-Isolation Support Grant and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
04 October 2022
Access to free period products in educational settings during the 2018-19 academic year: monitoring and evaluation report
29 September 2022
Access to period products: monitoring and evaluation strategy 2021/22 to 2024/25
29 September 2022
News
Rent freeze focus of Programme for Government
Ministers act to protect people in cost crisis.
Cost Crisis Programme for Government
Scottish Child Payment increased from 14 November.
Scottish Child Payment pays out £84 million
Child poverty benefit helping 104,000 children
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Shona Robison MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
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Ash Regan MSP
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Christina McKelvie MSP
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Keith Brown MSP
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Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP
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Kate Forbes MSP
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Richard Lochhead MSP
Directorates
- Chief Medical Officer Directorate
- Children and Families Directorate
- Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- Fair Work, Employability and Skills Directorate
- Justice Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Social Security Directorate
- Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
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