Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities

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The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities is a position in the Scottish Government Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary has responsibilities for infrastructure, procurement, transport, European Structural Funds, Scottish Water and cities. The Cabinet Secretary is assisted by the Minister for Transport and Islands.

The current Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities is Keith Brown, who was appointed in November 2014.^[1]

History

The position was created in May 2011 as the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment.^[2]^[3] The position was renamed as the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Capital Investment and Cities in September 2012 then as the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities in November 2014.

Overview

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities include:

infrastructure and capital investment
European structural funds
government procurement
water
cities
transport policy
public transport
air travel
rail transport
ferry services
roads
military veterans
cross government co-ordination on Scotland’s islands

Public bodies

The following public bodies report to the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities:

List of office holders

	Entered office	Left office	Party	First Minister

Alex Neil	19 May 2011	5 September 2012	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond

Nicola Sturgeon	5 September 2012	21 November 2014	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond

Keith Brown	21 November 2014	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon

References

↑ "Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities". Scottish Government. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ "New Scottish Cabinet" (Press release). Scottish Government. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
↑ Black, Andrew (20 May 2011). "At-a-glance: Scottish government cabinet". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 3 September 2014.

External links

The Scottish Cabinet

Scottish Cabinet

Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister)
John Swinney (Deputy First Minister and Finance, Constitution and Economy)
Keith Brown (Infrastructure, Investment and Cities)
Roseanna Cunningham (Fair Work, Skills and Training)
Angela Constance (Education and Lifelong Learning)
Shona Robison (Health, Wellbeing and Sport)
Alex Neil (Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights)
Michael Matheson (Justice)
Richard Lochhead (Rural Affairs, Food and Environment)
Fiona Hyslop (Culture, Europe and External Affairs)

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