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General Enquiries

Telephone Enquiry Line:

+44 (0)8457 741 741 (low call rate from a landline in the UK) or +44 (0)131 556 8400

Telephone (Direct Dial): +44 (0)131 244 + EXT

Minicom: +44 (0)131 244 1829 (service for the deaf)

Email:ceu@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Fax: +44 (0)1397 795 001

Structure of the Government

The Office of the First Minister

St. Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG [ map ]
email:scottish.ministers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Office of the Permanent Secretary

Sir John Elvidge

St. Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel:0131 556 8400 or
08457 741741 (for local rate from a landline throughout UK)

  • Change & Corporate Services
    CCS Finance; Employee Engagement; Facilities & Estates Services; HR Services; ISIS Information Systems & Information Services; Property Advice; Senior Staff HR Team; TUS
  • Communications Directorate
    Communications; Marketing & New Media
  • Strategy & Ministerial Support Directorate
    Cabinet Secretariat; External Support; Strategy & Delivery Unit

Director General Economy

Dr Andrew Goudie

St. Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel:0131 556 8400 or
08457 741741 (for local rate from a landline throughout UK)

  • Europe, External Affairs & Culture
    Culture & Gaelic; Europe Division; International Division; Internatiuonal Projects; EU Office; Architectural Policy
  • Finance
    Corporate Reporting Accountancy and Governance (CRAG); DD & ERAD Finance; Expenditure Policy; Finance Strategy; Financial Partnerships Unit; Internal Audit
  • Planning
    E-planning, Planning Policy & North; National Planning Framework, Planning Policy & West; Planning Decisions; Planning Modernisation * Co-ordination; West Edinburgh Planning Framework, Planning Policy & East
  • Planning & Environmental Appeals
  • Public Service Reform
    Efficient Government Delivery Division; local Government & Licensing; Local Government Division; Pathfinder Development Division; Public Bodies & Relocation; Public Service Delivery; Public Service Reform Development; Third Sector & Social Economy; Transformational Technologies Division
  • Scottish Development International
  • Scottish Procurement Directorate
    General; Construction Advice & Policy; The National Procurement Centre of Expertise
  • Strategic Spending Review
  • Transport Directorate
    Analytical services; Aviation, Ports & Mobility; Bus, Freight & Roads; Business Support Unit; Ferries; Transport Strategy

Director General Education

Philip Rycroft

The Scottish Government
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Tel:0131 556 8400 or
08457 741741 (for local rate from a landline throughout UK)

  • Children, Young People & Social Care
    Care & Justice; Organisations & Quality Issues; Positive Futures; Preventative Services for Children, Young People & Families; Workforce & Capacity Issues
  • Corporate Analytical Services
    Office of the Chief Economic Adviser; Office of the Chief Researcher; Office of the Chief Statistician
  • Enterprise, Energy and Tourism
    Business Growth & Innovation; Energy & Telecommunications; Enterprise & Industry; Enterprise Networks; European Structual Funds; Innovation & Investment Grants Division; Tourism & Whisky Legislation
  • General Group
    Education Information & Analytical Services; Enterprise, Energy & Lifelong Learning Analytical Services
  • Lifelong Learning
    Determined to Succeed & NEET Division; Further & Adult Education; Higher Education & Learner Support; Skills for Life & Work; Transitions to Work
  • Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
  • Schools Directorate
    Curriculum; Qualifications, Assessment & Skills; Schools; Support for Learning; Teachers

Director General Environment

Richard Wakeford

The Scottish Government
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Tel:0131 556 8400 or
08457 741741 (for local rate from a landline throughout UK)

  • Climate Change & Water Industry
    Climate Change; Water Industry
  • DG Co-ordination - Environment
  • Environmental Quality
    Drinking Water Quality; Waste & Pollution Reduction; Water, Air, Soils & Flooding
  • Greener Scotland Directorate
  • Marine Directorate
    Freshwater Fisheries & Aquaculture; Marine Management Dicision; Sea Fisheries (Conservation); Sea Fisheries (Management); Special Project on Food Policy
  • On the Ground Directorate
  • Rural & Environment Research & Analysis
    Rural & Environment Analytical Service; Science Advice & Information; Science Policy & Co-ordination; Science Reform & Finance
  • Rural Directorate
    Agriculture; Animal Health & Welfare; Landscapes & Habitats; Rural Communities; Rural Development; Veterinary Division
  • Rural Payments & Inspections Directorate
    Agricultural Services; Business Services; Common Agricultural Policy Payments; ERAD Area Offices; Information Systems; Regional Delivery
  • State Veterinary Service
    Animal Health Regional Office

Director General Health

Dr Kevin Woods

St. Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel:0131 556 8400 or
08457 741741 (for local rate from a landline throughout UK)

  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Chief Nursing Officer
  • DG Co-ordination - Health
  • E-Health
    E-Health Architecture & Design; E-Health Change & Benefits; E-Health Programme; E-Health Programme Director & PS; E-Health Strategy
  • Health Delivery
    Access Support Team; Improvement & Support Team; Office of the Deputy Director of Delivery; Performance Management Team - East Region; Performance Management Team - West Region
  • Health Finance
    Health analytical Services; Health Finance; Property & Capital Planning
  • Health Workforce Directorate
    Workforce Business Support Unit; Workforce Employment & Retention; Workforce Modernisation; Workforce Planning & Development
  • Healthcare Policy and Strategy
    Child & Maternal Health Division; Group Finance unit; Mental Health; Patients & Quality
  • Primary & Community Care
    Adult Care & Support - Change Team; Community Care; Partnership Improvement & Outcomes Division; Pharmacy Division; Primary Care; Shifting the Balance of Care
  • Public Health and Wellbeing
    Equality Unit; Health Improvement Strategy; Public Health & Substance Misuse; Social Inclusion; Sport
  • Scottish Academy for Health Policy & Management

Director General Justice

Robert Gordon

St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel:0131 556 8400 or
08457 741741 (for local rate from a landline throughout UK)

  • Civil & International Justice
    Access to Justice; Civil Justice, Law Reform & International Division;
  • Constitutionla & Parliamentary Secretariat
  • Courts
    Judicial Appointments & Finance
  • Criminal Justice
    Community Justice Services; Criminal Law & Licensing Division; Criminal Procedure Division; Glasgow Criminal Justice Improvement Project; Parole & Life Sentence Review; Sentencing Commission Review; Victims & Witnesses Unit
  • DG Co-ordination - Justice
  • Housing & Regeneration
    Communities Analytical Services; Glasgow Housing Association Unit; Homelessness Division; Housing Markets & Supply; Regeneration Policy & Housing Support; Social Housing
  • Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
  • Office of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel
  • Office of the Solicitor to The Scottish Government
    Legal Secretariat to the Lord Advocate
  • OSSE Group A
    Solicitors Constitutional & Civil Law Division; Solicitors Criminal Justice, Police & Fire Division; Solicitors Health & Community Care Division
  • OSSE Group B
    Solicitors Business Division; Solicitors Employment & Litigation division; Solicitors Litigation Division; Solicitors Transport, Culture & Procurement Division
  • OSSE Group C
    Solicitors Development, Land & Local Government Division; Solicitors Education, Enterprise & Pensions Division; Solicitors Food & Environment Division; Solicitors Rural Affairs Division
  • Police & Community Safety
    Drugs & Community Safety; Fire & Civil Contingencies; Justice Analytical Services; Police Powers, Performance & Resources; Police: Organised Crime & Support Services; Scottish Fire Services College; Stock-Taking Excercise of Alcohol & Drug Action Teams

Legal and Parliamentary Services

25 Chambers Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1LA [map]
Contact (Tel. No): 0845 774 1741
Contact (Fax No): 0131-225-7473
Contact (E-mail): ceu@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Page updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2007