Minister for Housing (Scotland)

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Minister for Housing
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear an Taigheadais
Scottish Government Logo.svg
Minister for Housing Paul McLennan (52781732883) (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Paul McLennan
since 29 March 2023
Style Minister
(within parliament)
Housing Minister
(informal)
Scottish Housing Minister
(outwith Scotland)
Member of
Reports to Scottish Parliament
Seat Edinburgh
Appointer First Minister
Inaugural holder Stewart Maxwell
Minister for Communities and Sport
Formation17 May 2007
Salary£106,185 per annum (2024) [1]
(including £72,196 MSP salary)
Website www.gov.scot

The Minister for Housing is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend [2] the Scottish Cabinet. The incumbent, Paul McLennan reports to Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice.

Contents

The post was created in May 2007 as the Minister of Communities and Sport, but was renamed in a February 2009 Ministerial reshuffle which saw responsibility for the Sport portfolio transfer to the Minister for Public Health. The Minister originally reported (from 2007 to 2011) to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, who had overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet. This changed after the 2011 election and subsequent reshuffle so that the Minister then reported to the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities.

This changed again in November 2014 and the Minister then reported to Alex Neil as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights. The Minister for Housing and Communities had specific responsibility for social inclusion, equalities, anti-poverty measures, housing and regeneration. [3]

History

From 1999 to 2000 Communities was the responsibility of the Minister for Communities and from 2000 to 2003 was the responsibility of the Minister for Social Justice, both of which were Cabinet positions. The Minister for Communities was reinstated after the 2003 Scottish Parliament election. The Sport portfolio was the responsibility of Deputy Minister for Communities and Sport from 2000 to 2001 in the Dewar Government (which was not a cabinet position). From 2000 to 2001 the Minister for the Environment, Sport and Culture was the Cabinet Minister with whose responsibilities included sport. From 2001 to 2003 these roles were combined in the Minister for Communities and Sport, which was renamed the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport after the addition of the tourism portfolio, following the 2003 election.

The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election created the junior post of Minister for Communities and Sport, combining the Sport and Communities portfolios. The minister assisted the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.

In September 2012 the junior post of Minister for Housing and Welfare was announced, with a portfolio intended to reflect the important role of housing in aiding economic recovery and the challenges that face those in poverty. [4]

On 18 May 2016 the post of Minister for Social Security was created and the Housing and Welfare brief was split between that post and Minister for Local Government and Housing.

After the election of Humza Yousaf as First Minister, the Housing brief was again split from other portfolios and was again an area in its own right. The Minister currently reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice.

Overview

The Minister for Housing has specific responsibility for promoting and coordinating policy in support of:

Minister

Minister for Communities and Sport

NamePortraitEntered OfficeLeft OfficePartyFirst Minister
Stewart Maxwell StewartMaxwellMSP20110507.JPG 17 May 200710 February 2009 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Housing and Communities

Alex Neil 12 February 200925 May 2011 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Housing and Transport

Keith Brown 25 May 20115 September 2012 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Housing and Welfare

Margaret Burgess Margaret Burgess.jpg 5 September 201218 May 2016 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Housing

Paul McLennan Paul McLennan 2021.jpg 29 March 2023Incumbent Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf

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References

  1. "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
  2. 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. "Scottish Executive - Scottish Cabinet and Ministers". Scottish Executive. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
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