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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 26 October 2021 Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 26 October 2021Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Welcome to the eighth meeting in 2021 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 Our next item of business is an evidence session on the Scottish Government’s 2025-26 budget, which was published on 4 December, along with the Government’s response to the committee’s pre-budget letter.
The gap would require to be funded from the existing Scottish budget envelope. Similarly, any new benefit or change to policy on rates or eligibility which increases the per capita expenditure on benefits in Scotland relative to the rest of the UK per capita expenditure would also require to be funded from the existing Scottish budget. 26.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when the equality strategy for women and girls, which it committed to in its Programme for Government 2025-26 and is developing in partnership with the National Advisory Council for Women and Girls, will be published.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether funding has been confirmed for the implementation of opt-out HIV testing in emergency departments in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Lothian, in 2025-26. The funding package for implementing emergency department opt-out testing for blood borne viruses has been confirmed with all three participating NHS Board...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what value of in-year funding provided to local government in 2025–26 has been excluded from the baseline used to calculate the real-terms change in funding in its draft Budget 2026-27.