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
Scottish Government funding to LGBT Youth Scotland: FOI release
10 December 2025
British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 - recommendations: SG response
10 December 2025
UK immigration policy: FOI release
09 December 2025
Consultations
Statistics and research
R100 Interim Evaluation
24 November 2025
Fairer Funding Pilot feedback survey: research findings
13 November 2025
Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
04 November 2025
News
Increased support for carers
Changes to enhance offer for carers.
Scotland’s first helpline for women experiencing economic abuse
Purple Phone helpline launched.
Transforming equality and human rights in the public sector
New tools to support public bodies
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