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The Scottish Government Economy Directorates are a group of civil service Directorates in the Scottish Government. They were rebranded as the Economy Directorates in July 2016, having previously been reorganised in December 2010 and then in June 2014.
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The individual Directorates within the DG (Director-General) Economy family (the Economy Directorates) report to the Director-General, Liz Ditchburn.
Ministers
There is no direct relationship between Ministers and the Directorates. However, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP and the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity. The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work also has responsibility for some of the work of these Directorates. They are supported in their work by the Minister for Transport and the Islands and the Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy.
Directorates
The Directorates were previously the Enterprise, Environment and Innovation Directorates, reorganised in July 2016.
The overarching Scottish Government Directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes erroneously used in this context). As an overarching unit, the Economy Directorates incorporate a number of individual Directorates entitled:
Agencies and other bodies
The Directorates are responsible for one agency:
The Directorates also sponsor several non-departmental public bodies including:
The Rural Development Council was set up in 2008 to advise the Cabinet Secretary on rural affairs and to "consider how best rural Scotland can contribute to the creation of a more successful country, through increasing sustainable economic growth".
History
Prior to the creation of the Enterprise, Environment and Innovation Directorates in June 2014, the group was known as the Enterprise, Environment and Digital Directorates from December 2010. Prior to 2007, the work had been carried out by the old Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD).