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Budget scrutiny 2022-23

Every year the Scottish Government plans how it will spend money by creating a budget. The Social Justice and Social Security are responsible for examining the impact of the budget on social justice and social security issues in Scotland.

Key issues include:

• welfare
• poverty reduction
• work to reduce homelessness
• the establishment of Social Security Scotland
• the third sector

Over the course of 2021 and 2022, the Committee is looking at how the Scottish Government has spent and what outcomes have been achieved. We are also considering where it needs to be spent in the future.

Find out more about how the Budget passes through the Scottish Parliament

Meetings

16 September 2021

Key topic: the spending needed in 2022-23 in order to meet the interim child poverty targets in 2023-24.

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7 October 2021

Key topics:

• child poverty targets
• the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s forecast social security spend

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23 December 2021

Key topics:

• evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2022-23 from the Scottish Fiscal Commission
• evidence on the 'Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement' from the Scottish Women’s Budget Group.

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13 January 2022

Key topic: evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2022-23 from Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Scottish Government

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