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Executive agencies of the Scottish Government

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Executive agencies of the Scottish Government

Executive agencies are established by Ministers as part of Scottish Government departments, or as departments in their own right, to carry out a discrete area of work. Agencies are staffed by civil servants.

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Executive agencies were first established following Sir Robin Ibbs' (then head of the Efficiency Unit) "Next Steps" Report in 1988. The intention was that they would take responsibility for, and bring a new, more customer-focused approach to, individual executive (service delivery) functions within government. This would leave their parent departments to concentrate on policy development, although this boundary can be very blurred.

Agencies are not to be confused with non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) such as Scottish Enterprise.

Current Agencies

The following bodies are executive agencies:

  • Accountant in Bankruptcy
  • Disclosure Scotland
  • Education Scotland
  • Historic Scotland
  • Scottish Prison Service
  • Scottish Public Pensions Agency
  • Student Awards Agency for Scotland
  • Transport Scotland

    • Former Agencies

  • Communities Scotland (part reabsorbed into Scottish Government, the remainder reorganised into the Scottish Housing Regulator)
  • Fisheries Research Services (now part of Marine Scotland, within core Scottish Government)
  • Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland
  • Registers of Scotland (now a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government )
  • Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (now part of core Scottish Government)
  • Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (now part of Marine Scotland, within core Scottish Government)
  • Scottish Court Service (now an NDPB under Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008)
  • Scottish Building Standards Agency (now part of core Scottish Government)
  • Scottish Housing Regulator (now a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government )
  • Social Work Inspection Agency (now part of the Care Inspectorate, a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government)
  • Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (now part of Education Scotland)

    • References

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