Charles III William, Duke of Rothesay Swinney government The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP Kate Forbes MSP Sixth session Alison Johnstone MSP Angela Constance MSP Dorothy Bain KC The Rt Hon Lord Carloway KC PC United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections Local elections Referendums Starmer ministry The Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP The Communities Directorates (Scottish Gaelic: Buidheann-stiùiridh nan Coimhearsnachdan) are a group of civil service Directorates in the Scottish Government.
The Governance and Communities Directorates were created by a December 2010 re-organisation, with Paul Gray appointed as the Director-General.
[1] In June 2014, Sarah Davidson was appointed as Director-General, with the group of Directorates now simply referred to as "Communities".
However, in general, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP.
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).