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.[1] 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, who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet.[2]

Overview

The Minister for Community Safety has specific responsibility for:[2]

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.[2]

List of office holders

The incumbent Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs is Elena Whitham MSP who was appointed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the role on 3rd November 2022.[3]

Deputy Minister for Justice

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Party First Minister
Angus MacKay 19 May 1999 2 November 2000 Labour Donald Dewar
Iain Gray 2 November 2000 28 November 2001 Labour Henry McLeish
Richard Simpson 28 November 2001 26 November 2002 Labour Jack McConnell
Hugh Henry 28 November 2002 14 November 2006 Labour
Johann Lamont 16 November 2006 17 May 2007 Labour

Minister for Community Safety

Fergus Ewing 17 May 2007 20 May 2011 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond
Roseanna Cunningham 20 May 2011 21 November 2014 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond
Paul Wheelhouse 21 November 2014 18 May 2016 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon
Annabelle Ewing 18 May 2016 26 June 2018 Scottish National Party

Minister for Community Safety

Ash Regan 27 June 2018 27 October 2022 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon
Elena Whitham 3 November 2022 28 March 2023 Scottish National Party

Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Victims and Community Safety

Siobhan Brown 29 March 2023 Incumbent Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf


See also

References

  1. ↑ 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".
  2. 1 2 3 "Minister for Community Safety". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.gov.scot/news/new-minister-announced/
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