Education and Justice Directorates

The directorates were created by a re-organisation in 2011.[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/strategic-board/GovernanceandCommunities "Paul Gray, Director-General Rural Affairs, Environment and Services"]. Scottish Government. Retrieved 7 May 2011. This notice refers to the transfer of the DG of the Scottish Government Environment Directorates in December 2010, and thus indirectly to this re-organisation. The directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes used in this context).[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/08/23162100/1 "Reporting on 100 Days: Moving Scotland forward"] Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 August 2009. "A new structure for Scotland's Government has been put in place, transforming the Departmental structure, moving from 9 Heads of Department, to a Strategic Board with the Permanent Secretary and five Directors General (DG), with each DG having responsibility for driving one of the Government's strategic objectives. Directors-General focus on the performance of the whole organisation against the Government's purpose. The new structure means that the old Scottish Executive Departments no longer exist. Instead, each DG supports and manages a number of Directorates headed by a Director with these Directorates leading, presenting and developing policy for Ministers." As an overarching family of Directorates, the Learning and Justice Directorates incorporate the following individual Directorates:{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.scot/About/People/Directorates |title=About: People: Directorates |publisher=Scottish Government |date=4 July 2016 |access-date=15 July 2016}}

The Education and Justice Directorates currently consist of the following directorates:{{cite web |title=The Civil Service |url=https://www.gov.scot/about/how-government-is-run/civil-service/ |website=www.gov.scot |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=17 February 2024 |language=en}}

• Children and Families Directorate
• Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
• Education Reform Directorate
• Justice Directorate
• Learning Directorate
• Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate
• Safer Communities Directorate

The directorates are responsible for various non-departmental public bodies.

• Disclosure Scotland
• Education Scotland
• Registers of Scotland
• Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
• Scottish Prison Service
• Scottish Housing Regulator
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland

• Scots law
• Education in Scotland
• Education Scotland
• Care Inspectorate

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• [http://www.gov.scot/About/People/Directorates Directorates] on Scottish Government website

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Category:Directorates of the Scottish Government