Scottish Executive Members

Having been elected as Scotland's First Minister, the Queen confirming his appointment giving him the Royal Warrant and having sworn his oath of allegiance at the Court of Session, Jack McConnell has named his new cabinet. The ministerial team has been reduced from 20 to 18, including a reduction of one in the number of fully salaried Cabinet members.

In addition to Jack McConnell, the First Minister, the new look executive is as follows:

Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

Jim Wallace

  • With FM, responsible for development, implementation and presentation of SE policies. As Enterprise Minister responsible for economy, business and industry, including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, European Structural Funds, trade and inward investment, energy (including renewable energy), further and higher education, lifelong learning, training and science.

    Minister for Justice

    Cathy Jamieson

  • Responsible for criminal Justice, youth justice, victims support, criminal justice social work, police, prisons, sentencing policy, courts, law reform, including civil law and fire services.

    Minister for Education and Young People

    Peter Peacock

  • Responsible for school education, nurseries and childcare, Gaelic, children’s services, social work, HMIE, HMSWI and SQA.

    Minister for Health and Community Care
    Malcolm Chisholm

  • Responsible for the NHS, community care, health service reform, health improvement, health promotion, allied healthcare services, acute, primary and mental health services, addiction services, pharmaceutical services, performance, quality and improvement framework and food safety.
    Minister for Environment and Rural Development
    Ross Finnie

  • Responsible for environment and natural heritage, land reform, water, sustainable development, agriculture, fisheries, rural development including aquaculture and forestry.

    Minister for Finance and Public Services
    Andy Kerr

  • Responsible for the Scottish Budget, public service delivery, modernising government including civil service reform, local government, cities and community planning.

    Minister for Communities
    Margaret Curran

  • Responsible for anti-social behaviour, poverty, housing and area regeneration, the land use planning system and building standards, equality issues, voluntary sector, religious and faith organisations and charity law.

    Minister for Parliamentary Business
    Patricia Ferguson

  • Responsible for Parliamentary affairs and the management of Executive business in the Parliament.

    Ministers attending the Cabinet but receiving Deputy Ministers Salaries.

    Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
    Frank McAveety

  • Responsible for tourism, culture and the arts, sport, built heritage, architecture, Historic Scotland and lottery funding.

    Minister for Transport
    Nicol Stephen

  • Responsible for transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, lifeline air and ferry services.

    Law Officers

    Lord Advocate
    Colin Boyd QC

    Solicitor General
    Elish Angiolini

    Posted by Paul at May 20, 2003 06:47 PM |
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