Learning and Justice Directorates

The Scottish Government Learning and Justice Directorates are a group of civil service Directorates in the Scottish Government created by a December 2010 re-organisation.

The individual directorates within the overarching Learning and Justice Directorates report to the Director-General, Paul Johnston.

There is a direct relationship between Ministers and the Learning 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 Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney MSP. They are assisted in this work by the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, the Minister for Childcare and Early Years and the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science.

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). As an overarching family of Directorates, the Learning and Justice Directorates incorporate the following individual Directorates:

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

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