The Scottish Parliament: - Ministers and Law Officers

Office of the First Minister
First Minister The Right Hon Alex Salmond MSP
Responsibilities include: Head of the devolved Scottish government: responsible for development, implementation and presentation of Government policy, constitutional affairs including Referendum Bill, and for promoting and representing Scotland.
Minister for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop MSP		Minister for Parliamentary Business Bruce Crawford MSP
Responsibilities include: Europe, external affairs, culture and the arts, architecture, built heritage, Historic Scotland, major events strategy, and Gaelic.		Responsibilities include: Parliamentary affairs and the management of Government business in the Parliament.

Health & Wellbeing
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Responsibilities include: NHS, health service reform, allied healthcare services, acute and primary services, performance, quality and improvement framework, health promotion, sport, public health, health improvement, pharmaceutical services, food safety and dentistry, community care, older people, mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, social inclusion, equalities, anti-poverty measures, housing and regeneration.
Minister for Public Health and Sport Shona Robison MSP		Minister for Housing & Communities Alex Neil MSP

Finance & Sustainable Growth
Cabinet Secretary John Swinney MSP
Responsibilities include: The economy, the Scottish Budget, public service reform, de-regulation, local government, public service delivery, cities and community planning, General Register Office, Registers of Scotland, relocation, e-government, Scottish Public Pensions Agency, procurement, budgetary monitoring, business and industry including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, trade and inward investment, corporate social responsibility, voluntary sector and the social economy, community business and corporate development, European Structural Funds, energy, tourism, land use planning system, climate change, building standards, transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, air and ferry services, Scottish Water.
Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism Jim Mather MSP		Minister for Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change Stewart Stevenson MSP

Education & Lifelong Learning
Cabinet Secretary Michael Russell MSP
Responsibilities include: Further and higher education, science and lifelong learning, school education, training and skills, HM Inspectorate of Education and the Scottish Qualifications Authority, nurseries and childcare, children's services, children's hearings, social work and HM Social Work Inspectorate.
Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning Keith Brown MSP		Minister for Children and Early Years Adam Ingram MSP

Justice
Cabinet Secretary Kenny MacAskill MSP
Responsibilities include: Criminal law and procedure, youth justice, criminal justice social work, police, prisons and sentencing policy, legal aid, legal profession, courts and law reform, anti-social behaviour, sectarianism, human rights, fire and rescue services, community safety, civil contingencies, drugs policy and related matters, liquor licensing, vulnerable witnesses, victim support and civil law, charity law, religious and faith organisations.
Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing MSP

Rural Affairs and the Environment
Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead MSP
Responsibilities include: Agriculture, fisheries and rural development including aquaculture and forestry, environment and natural heritage, land reform, water quality regulation and sustainable development.
Minister for Environment Roseanna Cunningham MSP

Law Officers
Lord Advocate	The Rt Hon Elish Angiolini QC		The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, prosecution of crime, investigation of sudden deaths, complaints against the police, support for victims and witnesses of crime, international cooperation (including mutual legal assistance and extradition), confiscation of proceeds of crime.
Solicitor General	Frank Mulholland		Legal advice to Scottish Ministers, civil litigation, constitutional issues and appointment of Counsel.