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The Scottish Government is separate from the Scottish Parliament, with the parliament being made of 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament elected by the electorate of Scotland during Scottish Parliamentary elections. The Scottish Parliament acts as the law making body for devolved matters which fall under the responsibility of the Scottish ...
Registers of Scotland (now a non-ministerial office of the Scottish Government ) Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (now part of core Scottish Government) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (now part of Marine Scotland, within core Scottish Government) Scottish Court Service (now an NDPB under Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008)
Some government work is also carried out by Executive Agencies such as Transport Scotland, who sit outside the Directorates structure, but are also staffed by civil servants. The current system of Directorates was created by a December 2010 re-organisation. [ 1 ]
This is a list of all Scottish Parliaments and Governments (called the Scottish Executive from 1999 until 2008) from the time of the introduction of devolved government for Scotland in 1999.
Pages in category "Executive agencies of the Scottish Government" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Such public bodies are distinct from executive agencies of the Scottish Government, as unlike them they are not considered to be part of the Government and staff of public bodies are not civil servants, although executive agencies are listed in the Scottish Government's directory of national public bodies alongside other public bodies. [1]
The Strategy and External Affairs Directorates are a group of directorates of the Scottish Government, responsible for co-ordinating policy in Scotland relating to constitutional matters, elections and freedom of information, as well as managing Scottish Cabinet businesses and the legislative programme for Government.
The Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government (Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Maireannach Riaghaltas na h-Alba) is the most senior civil servant in Scotland who leads more than 7,000 staff within the Scottish Government and has oversight of around 125 agencies.