Education, Communities and Justice Directorates

The Scottish Government Education and Justice Directorates are a group of civil service Directorates in the Scottish Government created by a re-organisation.

The individual directorates within the overarching Education and Justice Directorates report to the Director-General, Neil Rennick.

Ministers
There is a direct relationship between Ministers and the Education and Justice Directorates, although this direct relationship varies across the Government as some DGs do not directly read across to Ministerial portfolios. The activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance MSP and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Jenny Gilruth MSP. They are assisted in this work by the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, the Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise and the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Minister for Veterans.

Directorates
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 family of Directorates, the Learning and Justice Directorates incorporate the following individual Directorates:


 * Children and Families Directorate
 * Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
 * Education Reform Directorate
 * Justice Directorate
 * Learning Directorate
 * Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate
 * Safer Communities Directorate

Agencies and other bodies
The Directorates are responsible for various non-departmental public bodies.


 * Disclosure Scotland
 * Education Scotland
 * Registers of Scotland
 * Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
 * Scottish Prison Service
 * Scottish Housing Regulator
 * Student Awards Agency for Scotland