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Details of the NDRIS retention amounts for 2023 to 2024, final individual local authority targets for 2024 to 2025 and provisional targets for 2025 to 2026.

You must get a licence before a child takes part in a performance. It is an offence under sections 37(1) and 40 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 if you do not. Parents, guardians and the ...

Q: What is Adult Disability Payment? A: Adult Disability Payment is Scotland’s replacement for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). It is to help with the extra costs of being disabled or having a ...

Provides guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. This handbook applies to a building warrant submitted on or after 1 January 2025 and to building work ...

Cities and their regions make up around two thirds of Scotland's economy. When they thrive, all of Scotland benefits. That's why we are working with all eight of Scotland's cities – Aberdeen, Dundee, ...

The Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) is issued by the Scottish Ministers to provide guidance on the proper handling and reporting of public funds.

The primary role of the taskforce is to co-ordinate and drive action to improve the experiences of victims and witnesses within the criminal justice system, whilst ensuring a fair justice system for ...

More people in Scotland are now living with one or more long term health conditions. They require more support from health and social care and that requirement will increase as they age. Fewer people ...

Scotland is the first country in the world to protect in law the right to access free period products for anyone who needs them. Under the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 (the Act ...

Littering and flytipping are criminal offences that harm Scotland's nature and environment, and make communities less attractive places to live. Dealing with litter and flytipping costs the public ...

We are committed to being more transparent about how we spend public money and improving accountability, by publishing ...