Chamber and committees

As part of the due diligence required for the additional £20 million pledge, the Scottish Government continues to work with IMPACT Scotland to ensure all cost mitigation measures have been taken to reduce the risk of further increases in construction costs, in addition to assessment of the affordability of latest cost estimates and future sustainability of the organisation post-construction.

Scottish Government does not hold a central repository of all legacy systems across the wider public sector. The Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre (SC3) works with public sector organisations across Scotland to understand and advise on their approach to maintaining a resilient IT estate, which includes consideration of risks associated with legacy systems.

The following Public Bodies and Scottish Government Directorates have adopted the Cloud Platform Service to date:

Public Bodies

• Accountant in Bankruptcy
• Environmental Standards Scotland
• Revenue Scotland
• Scottish Commission on Social Security
• Scottish Government
• Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
• Student Awards Agency Scotland
• Food Standards Scotland
• Scottish Public Pensions Agency

Scottish Government Directorates

• Agriculture and Rural Economy
• Children and Families Directorate
• Digital Directorate
• Directorate for Communications and Ministerial Support
• HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
• Marine Directorate

The Digital Strategy for Scotland Vision and the Sustainable Digital Public Services Delivery Plan (2025-2028) were both published on 18 November 2025.

• The Digital Strategy for Scotland Vision is available here:
  https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781806433698
• The Sustainable Digital Public Services Delivery Plan is available here:
  https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781806433704

Since ScotAccount’s launch in February 2023, over 540,000 unique accounts have been created with more than 2,200,000 total sign-ins to ScotAccount made.

ScotAccount has been used to access the following services online:

This is a matter for individual public bodies. This information is not held centrally.

This is a matter for individual public bodies. This information is not held centrally.

This is a matter for individual public bodies. This information is not held centrally.

Neonatal Care pay and leave is currently a matter that is reserved to the UK Parliament and statutory guidance, including that on parental eligibility, is provided by the relevant UK department.

Local authorities are entirely separate entities from the Scottish Government. Their powers are set out in statute and, it is up to each local authority to manage its own day to day business. As such, the Scottish Government does not hold information on the provision of guidance on parental eligibility for Neonatal pay and leave.

The member may wish to contact local authorities directly for further information.

Local authorities are entirely separate entities from the Scottish Government. Their powers are set out in statute and, it is up to each local authority to manage its own day to day business, including their own parental leave policies. As such, the Scottish Government does not hold information on the provision or uptake of statutory or enhanced paternity leave and pay across local authorities.