Scottish Government Governance and Communities Directorates

The Communities Directorates are a group of civil service Directorates in the Scottish Government. The individual Directorates within the overarching Communities Directorates report to the Director-General, Sarah Davidson.

The Governance and Communities Directorates were created by a December 2010 re-organisation, with Paul Gray appointed as the Director-General. In June 2014, Sarah Davidson was appointed as Director-General, with the group of Directorates now simply referred to as "Communities".

There is no direct relationship between Ministers and the Directorates. However, in general, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP. She is assisted in this work by the Minister for Local Government and Housing and the Minister for Social Security.

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 unit, the Communities Directorates incorporate a number of individual Directorates entitled:

The individual Directorates are headed by Directors who are assisted by Deputy Directors.

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