Scottish Development Department (1973–1999)
Scottish Development Department may refer to: * ''Scottish Development Department'', part of the former Scottish Office, pre-1999 * Scottish Executive Development Department The Scottish Executive Development Department (SEDD) was a civil service department of the Scottish Government from 1999 to 2007. SEDD was responsible for the following areas in Scotland: social justice, housing, land use planning and building ...

Scottish Office
The Scottish Office was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, most of its work was transferred to the newly established Scottish Executive (now officially the Scottish Government), with a small residue of functions retained by the Scotland Office. History Following the Act of Union 1707 and the adjournment of the old Parliament of Scotland, the post of Secretary of State for Scotland was established within the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Secretary of State was entrusted with general responsibility for the governance of Scotland, with the Lord Advocate acting as chief law officer in Scotland. The post of Secretary of State for Scotland was abolished in 1746, and the Lord Advocate assumed responsibility for government business in ...
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