National public bodies: directory

Directory providing a summary of key information on Scotland's national devolved public bodies.


Advisory non-departmental public bodies

Boundaries Scotland

Thistle House
91 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5HD
Established: 1973
Total SG funding 2024 - 25: £415,000
Staff Q3 2025: TBC

Chair: Ailsa Henderson
Email: boundaries.scot@scottishboundaries.gov.uk
Web: Scottish Boundary Commission   Tel: 0131 244 2001

Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

Thistle House
91 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5HE
Established: 2009
Total SG funding 2024 - 25: £0
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Chief Executive: Paula Stevenson
Email: mailbox@jabs.gov.scot
Web: https://www.judicialappointments.scot/
Tel: 0131 528 5101

Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland

Secretariat
Area 2D - North
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Established: 1 April 2002
Total SG funding 2024 - 25: £0
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Convener: Linda Bamford
Email: macs@gov.scot
Web: www.macs-mobility.org
Tel: 0131 244 0923

National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board (NSTAB)

Transport Scotland
George House
2nd Floor
36 North Hanover Street
Glasgow
G1 2AD
Established: 2023
Total SG Funding 2024-25: £0 (no budget held by NSTAB)
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Chief Executive: N/A
Email: info@transport.gov.scot
Web: National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board | Transport Scotland
Tel.: 0141 272 7100

Poverty and Inequality Commission

c/o 7th Floor Atlantic Quay
150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
Established: 2019
Total SG budget for 2024 - 25: £0
(The body does not receive SG funding per se as the budget is held by SG).
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Chief Executive: Prof. Stephen Sinclair, Chair
Email: info@povertyinequality.scot
Web: www.povertyinequality.scot
Tel: 0300 244 1376

Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards

Secretariat
National Committee Services
Gyle Square
1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh EH12 9EB
Established: 1998
Total SG funding 2024 - 25: £0
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Chief Executive: Ken Thomson, Chair
Email: nss.committee@nhs.net
Web: TBD
Tel: 0131 275 6000

Scottish Commission on Social Security 

Secretariat 
Area 2C South (Mail Point 6)
Victoria Quay
The Shore
Edinburgh
EH 6 6QQ
Established: 2019
Total SG funding 2024 - 25: N/A
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Chief Executive: N/A
Accountable Officer: Ian Davidson 
Email: info@socialsecuritycommission.scot
Web: https://www.gov.scot/groups/scottish-commission-on-social-security/
For more information, please visit: Social Security Commission webpage. 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSCoSS 
Tel: 0131 244 2629

Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel 

c/o 7th Floor Atlantic Quay
150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
Established Year: 2022
Total SG funding 2024- 25: £0
Staff Q3 2025: N/A
Chief Executive: TBD
Chair: Matthew Cole
Email: enquiries@fuelpovertypanel.scot
Web: Home - Fuel Poverty Scotland (fuelpovertypanel.scot)

Scottish Law Commission

Parliament House, 11 Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RQ
Established: 1965
Total SG funding 2024-25: £1,216,000
Staff Q3 2025: 14
Chief Executive: Rachel Rayner
Email: info@scotlawcom.gov.uk
Web: http://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk
Tel:  0131 244 6605

Contact

Email: PublicBodiesUnitMailbox@gov.scot

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