Current status: Answered by Kirsten Oswald on 11 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to use social impact investment across government departments.
Social Impact partnerships have the potential to change the way preventative work is funded. Our manifesto commitment is to develop a Justice Social Impact Partnership which targets reoffending and provision of safe spaces for young people. A partnership of nine organisations with experience in investment, philanthropy, prevention, and programme evaluation has been formed to take this work forward. Learning from the justice pilot will inform the wider use of social impact partnerships across government, including on issues such as creating the legal and financial structures to support investors and partnership delivery.