Corporate Directorates

The Scottish Government Corporate Directorates are a group of Directorates of the Scottish Government. The Directorates are headed by Lesley Fraser, who was appointed to the interim role Director-General (DG) for Organisational Development and Operations in July 2019, before the role became Director-General Corporate in March 2021. Primarily, DG Corporate is solely responsible for the organisational improvements of the Scottish Government and its associated Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers. The responsibilities of the role include people and capability, staff engagement, ministerial support, communications, digital, legal services, facilities and estates, financial management, commercial and procurement functions.[1]

As a result of their responsibilities and supporting nature of the work of the Scottish Government and its members, the Director-General Corporate is a member of the Scottish Government's Corporate Governance Board.[2]

Current directorates

DG Corporate is currently responsible for the following directorates:[3]

  • Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
  • Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate
  • Covid Inquiries Response Directorate
  • Digital Directorate
  • Financial Management Directorate
  • Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
  • People Directorate
  • Propriety and Ethics Directorate
  • Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate

See also

References

  1. ^ "Director-General Corporate". www.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Director-General Corporate". www.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ "The Civil Service". www.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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Communities
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate · Local Government and Housing · Public Service Reform · Social Security · Tackling Child Poverty and Social Jusitce · Ukraine Resettlement
Corporate
Communications and Ministerial Support · Corporate Transformation and Workplace · COVID Inquries Response · Digital · Financial Management · Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government) · People · Propriety and Ethics · Scottish Procurement and Property
Economy
Chief Economist · Culture and Major Events (*) · Economic Development · International Trade and Investment · Jobs and Wellbeing Economy
Education and Justice
Children and Families · Early Learning and Childcare · Education Reform · Justice · Learning · Lifelong Learning and Skills · Safer Communities
Exchequer
Budget and Public Spending · Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development · Internal Audit and Assurance · Tax and Revenues
Health and Social Care
Chief Medical Officer · Chief Nursing Officer · Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland · Digital Health and Care · Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance · Health Workforce · Healthcare Quality and Improvement · Mental Health · People, Appointments and Governance · Population Health · Primary Care · Social Care and National Care Service Development
Net Zero
Agriculture and Rural Economy · Energy and Climate Change · Environment and Forestry · Marine · Offshore Wind
Strategy and External Affairs
Constitution · Culture and Major Events (*) · EU · External Affairs · Parliamentary Counsel Office · Performance, Delivery and Resilience · Strategy
Notes
(*) = Culture and Major Events is shared between two Director-Generals.
References: The Scottish Government webpage, Retrieved 2024-07-15.