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.
Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation
The Strategy sets out the priorities for Scotland’s economy as well as the actions needed to maximise the opportunities of the next decade to achieve our vision of a wellbeing economy.
Publications
Consultations
Statistics and research
Pay and career progression experiences of women aged over 50 in Scotland: research
19 July 2022
Scottish Welfare Fund, Self-Isolation Support Grant and Discretionary Housing Payments: monthly data
05 July 2022
Improving our understanding of child poverty in rural and island Scotland: research
30 June 2022
News
Challenging men’s demand for prostitution
Papers to aid new framework published.
Improving lives of non-binary people
Response to working group recommendations.
Delivering on child poverty commitments
Report details investment and actions in key areas.
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
- 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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