Minister for Victims and Community Safety
| Minister for Victims and Community Safety | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Luchd-fulaing agus Sàbhailteachd Coimhearsnachd | |
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since 29 March 2023 | |
| Style | Minister (within parliament) Community Safety Minister (informal) Scottish Community Safety Minister (outwith Scotland) |
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| Reports to | Scottish Parliament |
| Seat | Edinburgh |
| Appointer | First Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Angus MacKay Deputy Minister for Justice |
| Formation | 19 May 1999 |
| Salary | £106,185 per annum (2024)[1] (including £72,196 MSP salary) |
| Website | www |
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The Minister for Victims and Community Safety is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.[2] The post was created in May 1999 during the 1st Scottish Parliament as the Deputy Minister for Justice. Deputy ministers were renamed ministers after the election of the Scottish National Party in 2007. The minister reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet.[3]
Overview
The Minister for Community Safety has specific responsibility for:[3]
- Community safety
- Access to justice
- Anti-sectarianism
- Anti-social behaviour
- Civil law
- fire and rescue services
- Liquor licensing
- Legal profession
History
From 1999 to 2007 responsibility for Community Safety rested with the Minister for Justice and the Deputy Minister for Justice. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election created the junior post of the Minister for Community Safety who assists the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, in the Scottish Justice Department. After the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the post was renamed Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs and was given additional responsibilities for tackling sectarianism. It was renamed again to simply Minister for Community Safety in June 2018.[3]
List of office holders
The incumbent Minister for Victims and Community Safety is Siobhian Brown MSP who was appointed by First Minister Humza Yousaf to the role on 29 March 2023.
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See also
References
- ↑ "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
- ↑ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Minister for Community Safety". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
External links
- The Scottish Cabinet on Scottish Government website
- Minister for Community Safety on Scottish Government website
