The Scottish Government Governance & Communities Directorates are a group of civil service Directorates

Ministry (government department)

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 in the Scottish Government created by a December 2010 re-organisation.

The individual directorates within the over-arching Governance & Communities Directorates report to the Director-General, Paul Gray.

Ministers

There is no direct relationship between Ministers

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 and the Directorates. However, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment, Alex Neil MSP.

Directorates

The over-arching Scottish Government Directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes used in this context). As an over-arching unit, the Governance & Communities Directorates incorporate a number of individual Directorates entitled:

• Strategy & Performance
• International & Constitution
• Digital
• HR & Organisational Development
• Local Government & Third Sector
• Housing & Regeneration, Culture and Commonwealth Games
• Built Environment
• Planning & Evironmental Appeals
• Legal Services
• The Office of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel.

The individual directorates are headed by deputy directors. Yvonne Strachan is the deputy director for the Third Sector for example.

External links

• Scottish Government Senior Management Structure from 2007-2010 (pdf)