Animal health and welfare policy includes action to help prevent, plan for and deal with disease, including veterinary surveillance, controls on livestock movement, identification and traceability, ...

As head of the Scottish Government, the First Minister is responsible for the overall development, implementation and presentation of the administration's policies and for promoting and representing ...

Final and first estimates of the Scottish cereal and oilseed rape harvest. Timeseries data can be explored in under the Crops section of the Agricultural Statistics Hub and timeseries data going back ...

Survey measuring and tracking changes in people's social, political and moral attitudes in Scotland. The Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey has been tracking changes in people's social, political ...

understand their responsibilities under fire safety law carry out a fire safety risk assessment identify and implement fire safety measures Carrying out a fire safety risk assessment Guidance on ...

Statistical publications relating to energy in Scotland. This section provides information on Scottish energy statistics, which tracks progress towards the future of energy in Scotland in line with ...

This group was established in April 2025. It is convened by the Permanent Secretary and is driving and coordinating the work that is necessary as a consequence of the Supreme Court judgment by ...

Many people rent their homes from a private landlord. We are working to make sure that the sector is regulated, accommodation reaches an acceptable standard, tenancies are secure and the rights of ...

We provided guidance to NHS boards to ensure all patients who are waiting for an appointment, diagnostic test or treatment are managed fairly and consistently across Scotland and that planned care ...

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, established in 2002 Cairngorms National Park, established in 2003 and extended in 2010 National Parks serve as models of sustainable development. They do ...

Brings together indicators to provide a baseline for assessing progress towards the development of a wellbeing economy in Scotland. The Wellbeing Economy Monitor was developed to establish a ...

Scotland's population is ageing. The number of people aged 75 and over is set to increase by 85% by 2039. It means that, by then, over 800,000 people will be over the age of 75. This has implications ...