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National Records of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Clàran Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history, as well as the national archives and historical records. [1]
The project is funded by the Scottish Government [1] and is a collaboration between local authorities, Education Scotland and RM Education. The online portal is powered by RM Unify, a service which provides account management and the Launchpad , [ 2 ] an interface which allows users to access applications provided by the Scottish Government ...
The Scottish Government's main headquarters are based at St Andrew's House in the capital city, Edinburgh. Additionally, the Scottish Government has offices at Victoria Quay, Saughton House and Bute House (the official residence of the first minister), all located in Edinburgh, with an additional office at 5 Atlantic Quay in Glasgow.
On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from Scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. [6] [7] Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from Scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, [8] to coincide with the 2016 elections. [9] The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 ...
In June 2017, the Scottish Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney, announced plans to reform the General Teaching Council for Scotland, bringing it together with other professional development bodies in a new Education Workforce Council for Scotland, similar to the Education Workforce Council in Wales. [12]
Public Contracts Scotland was created as a result of John McClelland's 2006 Review of Public Procurement in Scotland. [1] The McClelland report called for a single public sector "electronic portal" to be established as a part of the Scottish Government’s Public Procurement Reform Programme.
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government (Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire a’ Chaibineit airson Ionmhais agus Riaghaltas Ionadail), 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 Directorates.
The Bill established the Scottish Commission on Social Security, which is a corporate body independent of the Scottish Government. The commission's purpose is to scrutinise Scottish Government policy decisions and to ensure that the Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland are fulfilling the legal requirements under the Bill. [4]