Net Zero Directorates
The Scottish Government Net Zero Directorates are a group of Directorates of the Scottish Government. The group was created in July 2021, with Agriculture & Rural Economy, Marine (formerly known as Marine Scotland), Energy & Climate Change, Environment & Forestry, Transport Scotland, Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry moving from the Economy Directorates.
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The individual Directorates within the DG (Director-General) Net Zero family (the Net Zero Directorates) report to the Director-General, Roy Brannen.[1]
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 Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP, and the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon MSP. They are supported in their work by the Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform.
Directorates
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).[2] As an overarching unit, the Net Zero Directorates incorporate a number of individual Directorates entitled:
- Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
- Energy and Climate Change Directorate
- Environment and Forestry Directorate
- Marine Directorate (formerly known as Marine Scotland)
Agencies and other bodies
The Directorates are responsible for three agencies:
The Directorates also sponsor several non-departmental public bodies including:
- Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Crofters Commission
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
- James Hutton Institute
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Quality Meat Scotland
- NatureScot
and share with the UK Government and other administrations in sponsorship of the Sea Fish Industry Authority, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board and the British Wool Marketing Board.
History
Before the creation of the Net Zero Directorates in June 2021, the group of directorates were part of the Environment Directorates. Prior to 2007, the work had been carried out by the old Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD).
References
- "Director-General Net Zero". Scottish Government. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Reporting on 100 Days: Moving Scotland forward" Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 August 2009. "A new structure for Scotland's Government has been put in place, transforming the Departmental structure, moving from nine Heads of Department to a Strategic Board with the Permanent Secretary and six Directors-General (DGs), with each DG having responsibility for driving one of the Government's strategic objectives. Directors-General focus on the performance of the whole organisation against the Government's purpose. The new structure means that the old Scottish Executive Departments no longer exist. Instead, each DG supports and manages a number of Directorates headed by a Director with these Directorates leading, presenting and developing policy for Ministers."
