A budget that delivers for scotland: the rundown

While Westminster stumbles from crisis to crisis, we’re delivering on the needs and ambitions of Scotland’s people. Our Scottish Budget 2022-23 puts into action our ambitious, progressive

plans to tackle the climate emergency, build a stronger recovery and create a fairer Scotland. Here’s a summary of the key announcements. RECORD HEALTH FUNDING This Budget provides record

high funding of £18 billion for health and social care, to address immediate pressures on the NHS, to increase services and make our NHS fit for the future. > 👇 A Budget that delivers for

 Scotland: >  > 👩‍🏫 Delivering more Teachers > 💷 Pay rise for social care staff > 🌲 Planting 15,000 hectares of trees > ❤️ £1.2bn in funding for mental health > 👨‍👩‍👦 

Doubling the Scottish Child Payment > 🏡 110,000 affordable, energy efficient homes > #ScotBudget pic.twitter.com/HH0jIL2lnL >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 £1.2 BILLION

FOR MENTAL HEALTH We’re delivering £1.2 billion for mental health, taking forward our commitment to increase mental health funding by 25%. By the end of this Parliament, we’re aiming to

spend at least 10% of all frontline NHS spending on mental health. > 👇 A tale of one week and a tale of two governments. While > Westminster sinks in scandal, the Scottish Government 

budget > delivers: >  > 💷 Pay rise for social care staff > 🌲 Planting 15,000 hectares of trees > ❤️ £1.2bn in funding for mental health > 👨‍👩‍👦 Doubling the Scottish Child 

Payment >  > — Ian Blackford (@Ianblackford_MP) December 10, 2021 3,500 ADDITIONAL TEACHERS We’re providing increased resources for local government to recruit at least 3,500

additional teachers and 500 classroom assistants by the end of this parliament. > Tackling the climate emergency, supporting economic recovery and > reducing inequalities are at the 

heart of this year’s Scottish > Budget. >  > Find out what the #ScotBudget means for you ⬇️ >  > And learn more at https://t.co/Ql2zXc3OVP pic.twitter.com/fK4uY43r6O > 

> — Scottish Government (@scotgov) December 9, 2021 ADDITIONAL £200 MILLION TO TACKLE THE ATTAINMENT GAP While recruiting more teachers and investing in Scotland’s education system, we’re

delivering a further £200 million for the Scottish Attainment Challenge – part of our £1 billion commitment over this parliament to tackle the poverty-related attainment gap > 👨‍🏫 Our 

SNP @scotgov budget invests an additional £200 > million to close the poverty-related attainment gap. >  > 📢 We're committed to investing £1 billion over this Parliament > 

to support young people, from all backgrounds, reach their full > potential. #ScotBudget pic.twitter.com/vkrb8xrHsb >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 DOUBLING THE SCOTTISH

CHILD PAYMENT Tackling child poverty is our national mission, and at the heart of it is our £4 billion investment in social security and welfare payments. From April 2022, we will double the

Scottish Child Payment – which was labelled “game changing” by charities – to £20 a week, four times the amount campaigners originally called for. > 💛 The SNP @scotgov is investing £197m

 to double the Scottish > Child Payment in April 2022 and extend it to under-16s. >  > 📢 That is nearly £200 million going directly to lift children > across Scotland out of 

poverty. pic.twitter.com/ZxSRDlqGVk >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 THE ADULT DISABILITY PAYMENT We’re also delivering £1.95 billion for the roll-out of the Adult Disability

Payment – which will open for applications in three pilot areas from 21 March 2022. This payment will be the 12TH BENEFIT DELIVERED BY THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, and will replace the UK’s PIP,

taking a very different approach – focusing on providing MORE DIGNITY FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, abolishing assessments in the form taken by DWP, and removing private sector involvement. > 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're rolling out the Adult Disability > Payment this year – designed with disabled people and centred on > dignity. >  > 🤝 It will end the regime of DWP assessments

 and end private > sector involvement. >  > ✅ This is the 12th benefit we're delivering in Scotland. > pic.twitter.com/vDzsdcdg7c >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) January 27, 

2022 FREE BUS TRAVEL FOR UNDER-22S We’re investing £110 million to provide free bus travel for young people under 22, which is now fully rolled out – putting more money in their pockets and

encouraging more use of public transport. > 🚌 From January, all under-22's in Scotland will benefit from free > bus travel. >  > 🚏 Around 930,000 young people in Scotland 

will benefit from > ambitious – driving a fairer, greener Scotland. #ScotBudget > pic.twitter.com/VRJucUhyOU >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 DELIVERING 1,140 HOURS OF

FREE CHILDCARE – AND EXPANDING FURTHER Our £544 million investment will continue the delivery of free high-quality funded early learning and childcare for 3 and 4 year olds, as well as 2

year olds from lower income households. And we’re working hard to expand childcare even further, to one year olds from low income households, within this term of parliament. > 🧸 Up to 

130,000 children will now benefit from 1140 hours of free > early learning and childcare. >  > 📢 Available to all three and four-year-olds and eligible > two-year-olds, saving 

families around £4900 per child each year. >  > ✅ That's another SNP manifesto commitment delivered. > pic.twitter.com/ZPUUGNMc6a >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) August 4, 2021

INVESTING IN GREEN JOBS, GREENER TRANSPORT AND OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT Meeting our climate targets, which have been praised as world leading by the UN, will require transformative action –

and this Budget lays the groundwork. We’re investing £414 million in energy efficiency, low carbon and renewable heat – cutting emissions, making homes warmer and tackling fuel poverty, all

while creating jobs across Scotland. Our £150 million investment in active travel infrastructure is record high, and we’re investing in our natural environment too – £53 million to restore

Scotland’s peatlands, and £69.5 million to step up woodland creation. > 🌍 This SNP @ScotGov budget is committed to delivering the net > zero society that the future of our planet 

demands of us. >  > 🌳 That's why we're investing over £120m restore Scotland’s > natural environment and plant 15,000 hectares of woodland. > #ScotBudget 

pic.twitter.com/b8WL8yYufA >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 NO BUSINESS RATES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES A small business on a Scottish high street, with a rateable value of under

£15,000, will continue to pay no rates for the entirety of next year, irrespective of what sector they’re in. And we’re continuing to support businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure

and aviation, with a 50% rates relief for the first three months of the new financial year. > 🤝 During the pandemic, we have supported businesses in retail, > hospitality, leisure and 

aviation sectors with 100% rates relief. >  > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Businesses will continue to benefit, > with 50% rates relief for the first three months of the new > financial year. 

#ScotBudget pic.twitter.com/l1J8DnfDDU >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 £831 MILLION TO DELIVER 110,000 MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES We have already delivered over 100,000 affordable

homes across Scotland since we took office – and in this Budget, we’re committing £831 million to progress our commitment to deliver 110,000 affordable, efficient homes. > 🏡 We're 

committed to delivering 110,000 affordable, energy > efficient homes across the next decade. >  > 🤝 We will invest £831 million to make Scotland’s homes more > efficient and 

easier to heat, while supporting employment in the > construction sector. #ScotBudget pic.twitter.com/dK9GfObw3I >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 PAVING THE WAY FOR OUR

NATIONAL CARE SERVICE We’re investing over £1.6bn in social care and integration – progressing our commitment to increase spend in social care by 25% by the end of this parliament. We’re

also laying the groundwork for the establishment of a National Care Service – and working to deliver the £10.50 minimum wage for social care staff. > 📢 We’re investing a record £18 

billion into Scotland's Health > and Social Care budgets. >  > 🧑‍⚕️ This will help address the immediate pressures on the > NHS and deliver at least £2.5 billion in funding 

to support patient > services over the next five years. #ScotBudget > pic.twitter.com/G92V8FhS5l >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021 MAJORITY OF SCOTS WILL CONTINUE PAYING

LESS TAX THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UK We’ve built a fairer and more progressive tax system in Scotland, protecting those on low and middle incomes. Thanks to our changes, the majority of

Scottish taxpayers pay less income tax than if they lived in England. The starter and basic rate income tax bands will increase in line with inflation, while the higher and top rate bands

will be frozen at current levels – meaning only the top earning 10% will have to pay a little bit more. > 💷 Today, @Scotgov are delivering a budget that will double the > game-changing

 Scottish Child Payment – giving £20 a week to the > poorest families across Scotland. >  > 📺 Watch Finance Secretary @_KateForbes on https://t.co/dcqnoCzDi6 > from 3:25pm. 

pic.twitter.com/DGU0SnwsIQ >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 9, 2021