Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
Keith Brown was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Justice in May 2021.
Responsibilities
The Cabinet Secretary is responsible for:
- police
- Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP)
- miner’s strike pardons
- Sheku Bayoh public inquiry
- courts and sentencing
- justice system and criminal law procedure
- violence reduction
- prison reform and prisoner policy
- reducing reoffending
- criminal justice social work
- offender services
- security
- youth justice
- victim/witness support
- Criminal Injuries Compensation
- Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
- justice reform
- National Community Justice Strategy
- veterans
- anti-racism
- anti-sectarianism
- serious organised crime
- CashBack for Communities
- resilience
- misogyny
Updates
- See the latest news on law and order
- Follow on @ScotGovJustice Twitter
Supporting Minister
Biography
He served with the Royal Marines before pursuing a career in local government administration, where he was also an active trade union representative with UNISON. He is a graduate of Dundee University and studied at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Mr Brown has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2007 and is currently the constituency MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane. Before his election he served for 11 years as a councillor in Clackmannanshire, and held the post of Council Leader from 1999 to 2003.
He became Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning in February 2009 and has since held a number of ministerial roles before becoming Minister for Transport and Veterans in September 2012 and Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities in November 2014. He was was appointed Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work in May 2016.
- Read more about Keith Brown on the Scottish Parliament website.
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