The Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department (ETLLD) was a former Scottish Executive

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responsible for economic and industrial development,

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, skills, lifelong learning, energy,

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and digital connectivity until 2007. Philip Rycroft was appointed head of the department in May 2006 following the retirement of Eddie Frizzell. Rycroft was previously Head of Schools Group within the

Scottish Executive Education Department The Scottish Government Education Directorates were a group of the civil service directorates in the Scottish Government. The Directorates were titled Children, Young People and Social Care; Schools; and Lifelong Learning. They were responsible ...

. It was the only Scottish Executive department based in Glasgow. The

Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth 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 ...

(currently

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MSP), assisted by the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure (currently Keith Brown MSP) and the

Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend

(

Jim Mather James Stuart "Jim" Mather (born 6 March 1947) is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism from 2007 to 2011, and he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 2003 to 201 ...

MSP) has responsibility for the Enterprise and Transport elements of the current Directorates. The

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, commonly referred to as the Education Secretary, is a position in the Scottish Government Cabinet responsible for all levels of education in Scotland. The Cabinet Secretary is supported by the Min ...

(currently Mike Russell MSP) has responsibility for the Lifelong Learning portfolio. ETLLD was formerly the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department but was extended in May 2003 to include responsibility for Transport, in recognition of transport's crucial importance to economic growth. After the SNP won office in 2007, the Department was scrapped and replaced by the Education and Lifelong Learning Directorates.

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Official websiteEducation and Training in Scotland National Dossier 2004

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