Minister for Equalities (Scotland)
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Minister for Equalities | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Co-ionannachd | |
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since 8 May 2024 | |
Style | Minister (within parliament) Equalities Minister (informal) Scottish Equalities Minister (outwith Scotland) |
Member of | |
Reports to | Scottish Parliament |
Seat | Edinburgh |
Appointer | First Minister |
Inaugural holder | Jeane Freeman Minister for Social Security |
Formation | 19 May 2016 |
Salary | £106,185 per annum (2024)[1] (including £72,196 MSP salary) |
Website | www |
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The Minister for Equalities is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.[2] The post was created in June 2018 under the title 'Minister for Older People and Equalities: the Minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, who is a full member of cabinet.[3]
The incumbent Minister is Kaukab Stewart since 8 May 2024.
Overview
[edit]The Minister for Older People and Equalities had specific responsibility for promoting and coordinating policy in support of:[3]
- Social equality with respect to gender, sexuality, race, and disability
- The protection and development of social and human rights
- Equality for and the needs of Older people
The current post holds the following responsibilities:
- mainstreaming of equality and human rights
- diversity, inclusion and equalities, including disability, older people, women, gender, LGBTI and race, including Gypsy/Traveller community
- social isolation and loneliness strategy
- faith and belief
- population and migration
- New Scots strategy
- refugees and asylum seekers
- displaced peoples
List of office holders
[edit]Name | Portrait | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | First Minister | ||
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Minister for Social Security | |||||||
Jeane Freeman | ![]() |
19 May 2016 | 28 June 2018 | Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | ||
Minister for Older People and Equalities | |||||||
Christina McKelvie | ![]() |
28 June 2018 | 29 March 2023 | Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | ||
Minister for Social Security and Local Government | |||||||
Ben Macpherson | ![]() |
20 May 2021 | 29 March 2023 | Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | ||
Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees | |||||||
Emma Roddick | ![]() |
29 March 2023 | 8 May 2024 | Scottish National Party | Humza Yousaf | ||
Minister for Equalities | |||||||
Kaukab Stewart | ![]() |
8 May 2024 | Incumbent | Scottish National Party | John Swinney |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
- ^ 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".
- ^ a b "Minister for Older People and Equalities". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Minister for Older People and Equalities on Scottish Government website