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
Publications
Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
06 October 2026
Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) Improvement: Stakeholder Reference Group minutes - August 2026
06 October 2026
Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) Improvement: Stakeholder Reference Group - terms of reference
05 October 2026
Consultations
Support for adult victims of trafficking and exploitation - guidance: consultation analysis
06 October 2026
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Remedial Order 2026: consultation analysis and SG response
23 July 2026
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Remedial Order 2026: consultation analysis and SG response - easy read version
23 July 2026
Statistics and research
Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
06 October 2026
Cash-First Programme: final evaluation report
29 September 2026
Demographics Report iMatter Survey 2025
01 September 2026
News
250 NHS jobs for parents
Supporting work to help tackle child poverty.
Winter heating help for over 1 million people
Scotland’s unique package of winter heating support will begin this autumn
Support extended for households in fuel hardship
Scottish Emergency Heating Oil Scheme extended.
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