The Scottish Government Corporate Directorates are a group of Directorates of the Scottish Government. The Directorates are headed by Lesley Fraser, who was appointed to the interim role Director-General (DG) for Organisational Development and Operations in July 2019, before the role became Director-General Corporate in March 2021. Primarily, DG Corporate is solely responsible for the organisational improvements of the Scottish Government and its associated Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers. The responsibilities of the role include people and capability, staff engagement, ministerial support, communications, digital, legal services, facilities and estates, financial management, commercial and procurement functions.[1]
As a result of their responsibilities and supporting nature of the work of the Scottish Government and its members, the Director-General Corporate is a member of the Scottish Government's Corporate Governance Board.[2]
Current directorates
DG Corporate is currently responsible for the following directorates:[3]
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate
Covid Inquiries Response Directorate
Digital Directorate
Financial Management Directorate
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate · Local Government and Housing · Public Service Reform ·Social Security· Tackling Child Poverty and Social Jusitce · Ukraine Resettlement
Communications and Ministerial Support · Corporate Transformation and Workplace · COVID Inquries Response · Digital · Financial Management · Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government) · People · Propriety and Ethics · Scottish Procurement and Property
Chief Medical Officer·Chief Nursing Officer· Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland · Digital Health and Care · Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance · Health Workforce · Healthcare Quality and Improvement · Mental Health · People, Appointments and Governance · Population Health · Primary Care · Social Care and National Care Service Development