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Directorates in the Scottish Government created by a re-organisation. The individual directorates within the overarching Education and Justice Directorates report to the Director-General, Joe Griffin.

Ministers

There is a direct relationship between Ministers and the Education and Justice Directorates, although this direct relationship varies across the Government as some DGs do not directly read across to Ministerial portfolios. The activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the

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, Keith Brown MSP and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills,

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MSP. They are assisted in this work by the Minister for Community Safety, the

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and the Minister for Higher Education, Further Education, Youth Employment and Training.

Directorates

The overarching Scottish Government Directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes used in this context)."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: * Advanced Learning and Science Directorate * Children and Families Directorate * Early Learning and Childcare Directorate * Justice Directorate * Learning Directorate * Safer Communities Directorate

Agencies and other bodies

The Directorates are responsible for various non-departmental public bodies. * Disclosure Scotland * Education Scotland *

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References

External links

Directorates
on Scottish Government website {{Scottish Government Directorates Directorates of the Scottish Government 2010 establishments in Scotland 2010 in British politics

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