Scottish Budget
Details of the Scottish Government's spending plans.
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
- LGBTQI+
- Languages
- Poverty and social justice
- Race equality
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- 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 2024-25: Serving Scotland
First Minister John Swinney announced his first Programme for Government on 4 September 2024.
Publications
Fairer Futures Partnerships: children's rights and wellbeing impact assessment
09 October 2024
Fairer Futures Partnerships: equality impact assessment
09 October 2024
Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group: December 2023
08 October 2024
Consultations
Proxy voting by councillors: consultation
03 October 2024
National Good Food Nation Plan: consultation analysis
27 September 2024
National Good Food Nation Plan: consultation analysis - executive summary - easy read
27 September 2024
Statistics and research
News
Parliament votes for action on Winter Fuel Payment
UK Government urged to reverse ‘damaging’ decision.
Driving the national mission to end child poverty
Championing innovative local projects to support families.
Transfer of benefits reaches major milestone
Over 200,000 disabled people newly benefitting from Scottish social security system
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
- Justice Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Social Security Directorate
- Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
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