Scottish Government Justice and Communities Directorates

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The Scottish Government Justice and Communities Directorates were a group of Directorates within the Scottish Government 2007–2010.^[1]

History

In 2007, the first Salmond government undertook a large reorganisation of the civil service to match a new ministerial structure. ^[2] The Scottish Executive Justice Department (SEJD) became part of the directorate. The Cabinet Secretary for Justice was Kenny MacAskill, and he has responsibility for criminal justice, police, fire and rescue, courts and civil law in Scotland. MacAskill was supported by the Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing.

In December 2010 there was a further reorganisation and these functions were transferred to the Governance and Communities Directorates and the Learning and Justice Directorates.

Ministers

Structure

It was responsible for the following Executive agencies:

References

^ "Scottish Executive Senior Management Structure" (PDF). Scottish Government. June 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
^ "All change up on Calton Hill". The Scotsman. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

v t e Directorates of the Scottish Government
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.

v t e Criminal justice system of Scotland
Administration	Scottish Government Justice Directorate Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Investigation	Police Scotland Scottish Police Authority Police Investigations and Review Commissioner HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Specialist reporting agency National Crime Agency
Prosecution	Crown Office Lord Advocate Solicitor General for Scotland Advocate Depute Procurator Fiscal Precognition Criminal law
Criminal courts	Courts of Scotland Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Scottish Sentencing Council High Court of Justiciary Lord Justice General Lord Justice Clerk Lords Commissioners of Justiciary Act of Adjournal Lord Advocate's Reference Sheriff Court Sheriff Appeal Court Justice of the Peace Courts
Punishment	Scottish Prison Service HM Inspectorate of Prisons Order for Lifelong Restriction Parole Board for Scotland Risk Management Authority Fiscal fine Admonition