Minister for Victims and Community Safety

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Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Luchd-fulaing agus Sàbhailteachd Coimhearsnachd
Scottish Government Logo.svg
Siobhian Brown MSP.jpg
Incumbent
Siobhian Brown
since 29 March 2023
Style Minister
(within parliament)
Community Safety Minister
(informal)
Scottish Community Safety Minister
(outwith Scotland)
Member of
Reports to Scottish Parliament
Seat Edinburgh
Appointer First Minister
Inaugural holder Angus MacKay
Deputy Minister for Justice
Formation19 May 1999
Salary£106,185 per annum (2024) [1]
(including £72,196 MSP salary)
Website www.gov.scot

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]

Contents

Overview

The Minister for Community Safety has specific responsibility for: [3]

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.

Deputy Minister for Justice

NamePortraitEntered officeLeft officePartyFirst Minister
Angus MacKay Angus MacKay.jpg 19 May 19992 November 2000 Labour Donald Dewar
Iain Gray Iain Gray.jpg 2 November 200028 November 2001 Labour Henry McLeish
Richard Simpson Richard Simpson (politician).jpg 28 November 200126 November 2002 Labour Jack McConnell
Hugh Henry Hugh Henry.jpg 28 November 200214 November 2006 Labour
Johann Lamont JohannLamontMSPgreenjacket.jpg 16 November 200617 May 2007 Labour

Minister for Community Safety

Fergus Ewing Fergus Ewing MSP.jpg 17 May 200720 May 2011 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond
Roseanna Cunningham Roseanna Cunningham.jpg 20 May 201121 November 2014 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond
Paul Wheelhouse PaulWheelhouseMSP20110507.JPG 21 November 201418 May 2016 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon
Annabelle Ewing AnnabelleEwingMSP20110510.JPG 18 May 201626 June 2018 Scottish National Party

Minister for Community Safety

Ash Regan Ash Denham MSP.jpg 27 June 201827 October 2022 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon
Elena Whitham Official portrait of Elena Whitham.jpg 3 November 202228 March 2023 Scottish National Party

Minister for Victims and Community Safety

Siobhan Brown Siobhian Brown MSP.jpg 29 March 2023Incumbent Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf
John Swinney

See also

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. 1 2 3 "Minister for Community Safety". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.