Kinship care is where a child is unable to live with their birth parent and resides instead with a relative or other individual with whom they have a pre-existing relationship e.g. a sibling, or close ...

Every year we publish new technical guidance for the public sector pay policy for senior appointments.

Collection of information about the salary details of members of the Senior Civil Service within the Scottish Government core directorates.

The rights for communities to buy land were first introduced in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. It was then amended and expanded in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and the Land ...

Urgent care refers to the need for medical treatment for a condition or injury which is not considered to be imminently life threatening but could worsen if left untreated and unscheduled care ...

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 ...

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable illness and early death in Scotland. Our Tobacco and Vaping Framework sets out our vision for a tobacco-free Scotland by 2034, with smoking rates ...

Our vision is for a Scotland that tackles racism head-on and is committed to ending it - upholding equity, justice, dignity, and respect for all communities. System change will be led by government, ...

one nuclear station currently generating electricity one civil nuclear site in the defueling stage three civil nuclear sites at advanced stages of decommissioning three military nuclear defence sites ...

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 ...

All you need to know about our Programme for Government which sets out the actions we will take in the coming year and beyond.