No Scottish Government publication, news release or ministerial statement named the two strategic health boards or listed which territorial boards each would cover by 17 September 2026; the Programme for Government of 1 September described only an east and west split, which the market rule excludes (gov.scot news and publications, checked 20 Sep 2026).
Resolves on gov.scot. YES if a Scottish Government publication, news release or ministerial statement on or before 17 September 2026 states the names of the two strategic health boards or lists which of the fourteen territorial boards each will cover. The east and west description already given on 1 September does not count on its own. If that source has not published in time, BBC News and The Guardian. Press speculation and unattributed briefing do not count settle it.
We found nine Bills since 1999 that merged local public bodies. In each, the Scottish Executive or Scottish Government asked the Scottish Parliament to abolish a set of area bodies, or to merge them into one national body or into fewer bodies. We asked whether the change became law in the form first proposed. Changes made without a new Act, such as the 2013 college mergers, are left out because they are easier. So are plans that never became a Bill.