Performance and Strategic Outcomes Directorate

We enhance the strategic coherence and impact of Government in achieving its outcomes over the short, medium and long term.

We are responsible for:

• supporting the Government’s senior leadership team in taking a strategic overview and assessment of Scotland-wide opportunities and challenges
• promoting greater strategic alignment and coherence of the overall government programme, by applying new insights or innovative approaches to cross-cutting issues
• enabling, supporting and challenging colleagues to improve performance against Scotland’s National Outcomes and the Sustainable Development Goals

• leading on the production of Programme for Government (PfG) and reporting on the National Performance Framework (NPF)

We work collaboratively with policy teams throughout the Government on a range of social, economic and constitutional projects.

Who we are

Cabinet Secretary and Ministers

Management