Office of the First Minister
The Right Hon Alex Salmond MSP
Head of the devolved Scottish Government. Responsible for development, implementation and presentation of Government policy, constitutional affairs including Referendum Bill, and for promoting and representing Scotland.
Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy
Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Responsibilities include: NHS, health service reform, allied healthcare services, acute and primary services, performance, quality and improvement framework, health promotion, sport, Commonwealth Games, public health, health improvement, pharmaceutical services, food safety and dentistry, community care, older people, mental health, learning disability, carers, Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, substance misuse, social inclusion, equalities, anti-poverty measures, veterans, and cities strategy.
Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport
Shona Robison MSP
Minister for Public Health
Michael Matheson MSP
Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth
John Swinney MSP
Responsibilities include: The economy, the Scottish Budget, employment, public service reform, deregulation, local government, public service delivery, and community planning, Registers of Scotland, Scottish Public Pensions Agency, relocation, e-government, budgetary monitoring, business and industry including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, trade and inward investment, corporate social responsibility, voluntary sector and the social economy, community business and co-operative development, energy, renewables, tourism, building standards, land use planning system.
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism
Fergus Ewing MSP
Minister for Local Government and Planning
Derek Mackay MSP
Education & Lifelong Learning
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
Michael Russell MSP
Responsibilities include: Further and higher education, science and lifelong learning, school education, early years, training and skills, new education agency, the Scottish Qualifications Authority, nurseries and childcare, children's services, children's hearings, social work, Gaelic and Scots.
Minister for Children and Young People
Aileen Campbell MSP
Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages
Alasdair Allan MSP
Minister for Youth Employment
Angela Constance MSP
Parliament and Government Strategy
Cabinet Secretary for Parliament and Government Strategy
Bruce Crawford MSP
Responsibilities include: Parliamentary affairs and the management of Government business in the Parliament, and developing Government strategy and co-ordinating policy delivery across portfolios.
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip
Brian Adam MSP
Justice
Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Kenny MacAskill MSP
Responsibilities include: Criminal law and procedure, youth justice, criminal justice social work, police, prisons and sentencing policy, legal aid, legal profession, courts and law reform, anti-social behaviour, sectarianism, human rights, fire and rescue services, community safety, civil contingencies, drugs policy and related matters, liquor licensing, vulnerable witnesses, victim support and civil law, charity law, religious and faith organisations.
Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs (with responsibility for tackling sectarianism)
Roseanna Cunningham MSP
Rural Affairs and the Environment
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Richard Lochhead MSP
Responsibilities include: Agriculture, fisheries and rural development including aquaculture and forestry, environment and natural heritage, land reform, water quality regulation, sustainable development and climate change.
Minister for Environment and Climate Change
Stewart Stevenson MSP
Culture and External Affairs
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs
Fiona Hyslop MSP
Responsibilities include: Europe, external affairs, culture and the arts, broadcasting, architecture, built heritage, Historic Scotland and lottery funding, National Records of Scotland, and major events strategy.
Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Alex Neil MSP
Responsibilities include: Scottish Water, procurement, European Structural Funds, Scottish Futures Trust, transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, air and ferry services, housing, communities and regeneration.
Minister for Housing and Transport
Keith Brown MSP
Law Officers
Lord Advocate
Frank Mulholland
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, prosecution of crime, investigation of sudden deaths, complaints against the police, support for victims and witnesses of crime, international cooperation (including mutual legal assistance and extradition), confiscation of proceeds of crime.
Solicitor General
Lesley Thomson
Legal advice to Scottish Ministers, civil litigation, constitutional issues and appointment of Counsel.