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Official Report
Meeting date:
12 December 2024
Meeting of the Parliament 12 December 2024
There are of course challenges in the national health service. I want the best for Scotland and the best for the national health service, which is why there is £21 billion of investment in the Scottish Government’s budget that can be deployed to support the national health service.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 January 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 10 January 2023
Teacher Strikes To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to mitigate the impact of recent teacher strikes on children’s education. (S6T-01078) The best way of mitigating that impact is to avoid industrial action.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 April 2022
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 28 April 2022
During the pandemic, the priority for all of us has been to save lives at all points, and we have sought to make the best decisions on the basis of the best scientific and clinical evidence we have at any given time.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 October 2019
Scottish social security benefits
Best start grant: high level statistics to June 2019.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2026
S6W-44465
The plan also commits to providing funding of £6 million for the Advice in Accessible Settings Fund by the end of 2028-29, which we expect will support over 7,500 people each year.The Plan also sets out how we intend to make good quality advice and support on income maximisation more easily available by sharing existing best practice more widely and working with education, health and advice sectors to review how to sustainably embed advice in schools.Whilst the Scottish Government is one of the biggest single funders of national advice services in Scotland, the primary funder of locally based advice services remains local authorities and it is for local authorities to decide how best to meet the needs of their local communities through the decisions they make for services within their area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 November 2025
S6W-41765
CVO Scotland will, however, continue to act swiftly and effectively in response to the changing situation and characteristics of this virus.Scottish Government continue to issue disease prevention communications urging all bird keepers to apply robust biosecurity best practices in order to protect their birds and to remain vigilant for clinical signs of the...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 June 2025
S6W-38302
The Scottish Government wants to ensure that the child’s best interests are at the centre of any contact case and that the voice of the child is heard.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 June 2025
S6W-37604
Between launching on 10 December 2018 and 30 June 2024, Best Start Grant has provided over £107 million to those families who need it most.As an employer, the Scottish Government is fully committed to providing support and flexibility to parents.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2025
S6W-36398
The Care Inspectorate will develop a Quality Framework for child contact services to help ensure the best outcomes for all children using these services, including those with additional needs.The intention is that the Care Inspectorate will also be required to notify the Equality and Human Rights Commission where a child contact service provider has, or may have, failed to comply with their duties under the Equality Act 2010, and in particular any duty to make reasonable adjustments to premises to facilitate their use by disabled people.The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 provides for a register of child welfare reporters, who can be appointed in child contact cases to obtain the child’s views or report on the child’s best interests.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 March 2025
S6W-35674
Officials from the Scottish Government are in regular contact with UK Government officials on issues relating to UAS children, and are represented on the steering group of the UK Government’s UAS Children Task force.While the Scottish Government has limited powers over Universal Credit, we have welcomed the UK Governments plans to carry out a complete review.For too long Universal Credit has been failing those who need it most and the Scottish Government have repeatedly raised a number of issues which must be addressed, issues like the removal of the young parent penalty for example.We have made it clear that we would welcome the opportunity to work with the UK Government to make these needed improvements and work towards creating a Social Security system which works for everyone, including our families and carers.The Scottish Government continues to support access to, and understanding of the benefits provided by Social Security Scotland, and;continue to support Kinship Care through the Best...
