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
- 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
Funeral Poverty and Funeral Support Payment Reference Group minutes: June 2023
28 September 2023
Transitions to adulthood strategy: statement of intent
28 September 2023
Transitions to adulthood strategy: statement of intent - easy read
28 September 2023
Consultations
Democracy Matters Phase 2 Consultation: Easy Read
28 August 2023
Democracy matters phase 2 consultation - local governance review
28 August 2023
Adult Disability Payment - mobility component: consultation analysis
14 August 2023
Statistics and research
Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 June 2023
26 September 2023
Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 July 2023
19 September 2023
Disability benefits - supporting information: qualitative research
19 September 2023
News
More than 38,000 automatic payments help families with the costs of early learning and starting school
Simpler social security system saves families time.
Addressing the unequal impacts of climate change
FM calls for urgent mobilisation of climate finance.
Supporting unpaid carers
New Scottish benefit to be piloted in three areas.
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Jenny Gilruth MSP
Directorates
- Chief Medical Officer Directorate
- 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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