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Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Kate Forbes, revealed the Scottish Government's 10 year economic plan called National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) on 1 March 2022. [1] This is the first strategic economic work the Scottish National Party administration had done since the publication of The Sustainable Growth ...
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 Scottish Government Economy Directorates (Scottish Gaelic: Buidheann-stiùiridh Eaconamas) are a group of Directorates of the Scottish Government.They were rebranded as the Economy Directorates in July 2016, having previously been reorganised in December 2010 and then in June 2014.
These Islands, a pro-union campaign group, disputed the claim that an independent Scotland could be set up for £450 million as "patently unrealistic", pointing out that the Scottish Government had recently spent £178 million on an IT project to handle rural subsidy payments. [15]
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 ]
In addition to these core responsibilities, the Government asked the OBR to forecast the Scottish receipts for four taxes that were devolved to the Scottish Government from April 2015 onwards; the Scottish rate of income tax, stamp duty land tax, landfill tax and the aggregates levy. [17]
The Scottish Government Net Zero Directorates are a group of Directorates of the Scottish Government.The group was created in July 2021, with Agriculture & Rural Economy, Marine (formerly known as Marine Scotland), Energy & Climate Change, Environment & Forestry, Transport Scotland, Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry moving from the Economy Directorates.
The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in Scotland was a group of economists and leading figures from the private sector and academia who advised the Scottish Government. Its principal aims were to advise on improving the competitiveness of the Scottish economy and how to tackle inequality within Scotland. It was established in 2007, meeting ...