The Scottish Government Finance Directorates are a group of
civil service
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
Directorates in the
Scottish Government created by a December 2010 re-organisation.
The individual Directorates within the overarching Finance Directorates report to the Director-General, Alyson Stafford CBE.
["Directorates"]
Scottish Government. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
Ministers
There is no direct relationship between
Ministers
Minister may refer to:
* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
* Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department)
** Minister without portfolio, a member of governme ...
and the Directorates. However, in general, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, commonly referred to as the Finance Secretary, is a member of the Cabinet in the Scottish Government. The Cabinet Secretary has Ministerial responsibility for the Scottish Government's Finance D ...
.
Directorates
The overarching Scottish Government Directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes used in this context).
"Reporting on 100 Days: Moving Scotland forward"
Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 August 2009. "A new structure for Scotland's Government has been put in place, transforming the Departmental structure, moving from nine Heads of Department, to a Strategic Board with the Permanent Secretary and five Directors General (DG), with each DG having responsibility for driving one of the Government's strategic objectives. Directors-General focus on the performance of the whole organisation against the Government's purpose. The new structure means that the old Scottish Executive Departments no longer exist. Instead, each DG supports and manages a number of Directorates headed by a Director, with these Directorates leading, presenting and developing policy for Ministers."
As an overarching unit, the Finance Directorates incorporate the:
* Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate - Director: Alistair Merrill
* Legal Services Directorate - Director & Solicitor to the Scottish Government: Murray Sinclair
* Planning & Environmental Appeals Directorate - Director & Chief Reporter: Lindsey Nicoll
* Parliamentary Counsel Office - Director: Andy Beattie
History
Prior to the creation of the Finance Directorates in 2010, many of their responsibilities were undertaken by the and prior to 2007 by the Scottish Executive Finance and Central Services Department
From 1999 until 2007, the Finance and Central Services Department (SEFCSD) was a civil service department of the Scottish Executive. SEFCSD was responsible for the financial administration of the Executive, including the annual budget and the is ...
.
See also
* Scottish budget
References
External links
Scottish Government Senior Management Structure from 2007-2010
(pdf)
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Directorates of the Scottish Government
2010 establishments in Scotland
Government agencies established in 2010
Public finance of Scotland