Scottish Government

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devolved government executive branch

The Scottish Government is the devolved administration for Scotland, responsible for governing domestic affairs such as health, education, justice, and local government within the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Scottish Government canonical	268
Scottish Ministers	17
Scottish Executive	6
Scottish Government executive	5
Scottish Administration	3
Scottish government	3
devolved government of Scotland	3
Government of Scotland	2
Scottish Government (education policy)	2
Scottish Government (via Highlands and Islands Airports Limited)	2
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate	2
Alex Salmond government	1
Scottish Government (in administrative matters)	1
Scottish Government (in devolved framework)	1
Scottish Government (in terms of sponsorship)	1
Scottish Government (most passenger services)	1
Scottish Government (through justice portfolio)	1
Scottish Government (via representation)	1
Scottish Government Executive Team	1
Scottish Government grant-in-aid	1
Scottish Government international offices	1
Scottish Government ministers	1
Scottish Government publications	1
Scottish Home and Health Department	1
Scottish Ministers to issue directions relating to Gaelic language plans	1
Scottish Office (historical oversight)	1
devolved Scottish administration	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	devolved government ⓘ executive branch ⓘ
accountableTo	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
createdBy	Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
dateFormed	1999 ⓘ
dateRenamed	2007 ⓘ
employs	civil servants in the Scottish Government civil service ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.gov.scot/ ⓘ
headedBy	First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
headquarters	St Andrew's House, Edinburgh ⓘ
includes	Cabinet of the Scottish Government ⓘ Scottish Government directorates ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
legalBasis	Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ subsequent Scotland Acts ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ
notResponsibleFor	defence policy ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ immigration policy ⓘ macro-economic policy ⓘ most social security policy ⓘ
partOf	devolution settlement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy	Scottish Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scottish Executive
renamedFrom	Scottish Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scottish Executive
reportsTo	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
responsibleFor	Gaelic language policy ⓘ agriculture and rural affairs in Scotland ⓘ culture and the arts in Scotland ⓘ economic development in Scotland ⓘ education policy in Scotland ⓘ environmental policy in Scotland ⓘ fire and rescue services in Scotland ⓘ health policy in Scotland ⓘ housing policy in Scotland ⓘ justice policy in Scotland ⓘ local government in Scotland ⓘ planning and land use in Scotland ⓘ policing in Scotland ⓘ public health in Scotland ⓘ social care policy in Scotland ⓘ some aspects of taxation in Scotland ⓘ transport policy in Scotland ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
worksWith	UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government local authorities in Scotland ⓘ

Referenced by (329)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fife Council → isSubjectTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

UK government → sharesPowerWith → Scottish Government ⓘ

NHS organisations → governedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate

Scottish Government → precededBy → Scottish Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Executive

Scottish Government → renamedFrom → Scottish Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Executive

Scottish Islands → governingBody → Scottish Government ⓘ

Bòrd na Gàidhlig → parentOrganization → Scottish Government ⓘ

Bòrd na Gàidhlig → subordinateTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

Bòrd na Gàidhlig → collaboratesWith → Scottish Government ⓘ

Historic Environment Scotland → parentOrganization → Scottish Government ⓘ

Historic Environment Scotland → subordinateTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

Department of Health (Northern Ireland) → coordinatesWith → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate

Cross of Saint Andrew → usedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

Scotland Act 1998 → createdBody → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Executive

Scotland Act 1998 → createdBody → Scottish Government ⓘ

Scotland Act 1998 → allocatesPowerTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Ministers

BnG → collaboratesWith → Scottish Government ⓘ

Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 → introducedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Executive

Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 → empowers → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Ministers to issue directions relating to Gaelic language plans

Cabinet of the Scottish Government → partOf → Scottish Government ⓘ

Cabinet of the Scottish Government → parentOrganization → Scottish Government ⓘ

Edinburgh → seatOfGovernment → Scottish Government ⓘ

Scottish Parliament → scrutinizes → Scottish Government ⓘ

Scottish Parliament → canHoldVotesOfNoConfidenceIn → Scottish Government ⓘ

Scottish rail network → policyResponsibility → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Government (most passenger services)

Scotland → executiveBody → Scottish Government ⓘ

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh → ownedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh → operatedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects) → associatedWith → Scottish Government ⓘ

subject surface form: Lord Lyon King of Arms

University of Stirling → recognizedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

First Minister of Scotland → partOf → Scottish Government ⓘ

First Minister of Scotland → canDismiss → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Government ministers

NHS Scotland → fundedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

Transport Scotland → parentOrganization → Scottish Government ⓘ

HES → parentOrganisation → Scottish Government ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Environment Scotland

HES → fundingSource → Scottish Government ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Environment Scotland

this entity surface form: Scottish Government grant-in-aid

Edinburgh Castle → ownedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Ministers

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland → parentOrganization → Scottish Government ⓘ

Longmore House → ownedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (sponsorship role) → sponsoringGovernment → Scottish Government ⓘ

subject surface form: Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Common Agricultural Policy implementation (pre-Brexit) → implementedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

Stirling Castle → ownedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Ministers

Urquhart Castle → ownedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Ministers

Blackness Castle → ownership → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Ministers

Queensferry Crossing (north end) → owner → Scottish Government ⓘ

Saltire → usedBy → Scottish Government ⓘ

Moderator of the General Assembly → representsTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

Court of the Lord Lyon → subordinateTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Government (in administrative matters)

Lord Advocate → chiefLegalAdviserTo → Scottish Government ⓘ

Lord Advocate → memberOf → Scottish Government ⓘ