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Publication - Factsheet

National public bodies: directory

Last updated
27 February 2025 - see all updates
Directorate
Public Service Reform Directorate
Topic
Public sector

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

Part of

Public sector organisations outwith Ministerial or Parliamentary responsibility

Additional public sector organisations which do not fall within Ministerial or Parliamentary responsibility. These are public sector organisations which are not accountable to Scottish Ministers or Scottish Parliament, but still operate within the public sector. 

Scottish Government directorates - general 

  • Strategy and External Affairs
  • Communities
  • Corporate
  • Net Zero
  • Economy
  • Education and Justice
  • Health and Social Care
  • Scottish Exchequer

Other Scottish bodies 

  • Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route SPVs
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
  • Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal
  • General Teaching Council Scotland (as a regulator)
  • Improvement Service
  • Inverness Airport Business Park Ltd (controlled by HIAL)
  • Local Authorities and their associated bodies
  • MG Alba
  • Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (JV between HIE and Orkney Council)
  • Queen’s Lord Treasurer Remembrancer
  • Scottish Growth Scheme equity fund managers (5 bodies)
  • This is Remarkable Ltd (formerly Investors in People)
  • Research Data Scotland (RDA)

Further Education colleges   

  • Ayrshire College
  • Borders College
  • Dumfries & Galloway College
  • Dundee & Angus College
  • Edinburgh College
  • Fife College
  • Forth Valley College of further and higher education
  • North East Scotland College
  • City of Glasgow College
  • Glasgow Clyde College
  • Glasgow Kelvin College
  • Inverness College
  • Lews Castle College
  • Moray College
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • North Highland College
  • Perth College
  • Regional Board for Glasgow College
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • West College Scotland
  • West Lothian College

Integrated joint boards by health board 

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

  • East Ayrshire
  • North Ayrshire
  • South Ayrshire

NHS Borders

  • Scottish Borders

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • NHS Fife
  • Fife

NHS Forth Valley

  • Clackmannanshire and Stirling
  • Falkirk

NHS Grampian

  • Aberdeen City
  • Aberdeenshire
  • Moray

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

  • East Dunbartonshire
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Glasgow City
  • Inverclyde
  • Renfrewshire
  • West Dunbartonshire         

NHS Highland

  • Argyll and Bute
  • Highland

NHS Lanarkshire

  • North Lanarkshire
  • South Lanarkshire

NHS Lothian

  • City of Edinburgh
  • East Lothian
  • Midlothian
  • West Lothian

NHS Orkney

  • Orkney Islands

NHS Shetland

  • Shetland Islands
  • NHS Tayside
  • Angus
  • Dundee City
  • Perth and Kinross
  • NHS Western Isles
  • NHS Eileanan Siar

Contact

Email: PublicBodiesUnitMailbox@gov.scot

First published
1 July 2018
Last updated
27 February 2025 - show all updates

  1. Updated the number of Other Scottish Bodies due to error in total.

  2. Updated the list of Scottish Government Directorates and added Research Data Scotland under Other Scottish Bodies.

  3. Update to Scottish Biometrics Commissioner information.

  4. Updated headings of Public Bodies in this category in line with accessibility requirements.

  5. Updated headings of Public Bodies in this category in line with accessibility requirements.

  6. Updated contact details for Scottish Biometrics Commissioner.

  7. Updated contact details for Children's Hearings Scotland.

  8. Updated SFRS Chief Executive details.

  9. Removed Waste Scotland from public sector organisation not on the directory as it is now registered as NDPB.

  10. To add new NDPB to directory - Zero Waste Scotland..=

  11. Updates made to staffing figures.

  12. Updates made to alignment and details.

  13. update alignment.

  14. Notes update to Directory.

  15. Further updates to Notes page under PB Directory.

  16. To update Notes page under PB Directory.

  17. to update contact details of public body.

  18. Update details of public bodies.

  19. to update contact details of public bodies.

  20. To update contact details of public bodies

  21. To update contact details of public bodies

  22. to update public body details

  23. Updates to contact details and website addresses

  24. Update CEO for Public Body

  25. to update address and telephone number of HM Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland

  26. to update telephone and email address for public body

  27. to update information for some NDPBs

  28. To amend Headings from Bold to Heading 3

  29. Updating Q1 2024 staffing figures for all public bodies

  30. Updated contact information for Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.

  31. Removed Zero Waste Scotland from Public sector organisations not recorded on the directory section.

  32. CEO of Scottish Human Rights Commission updated.

  33. Updated Other significant national bodies.

  34. Minor update to National Museums Scotland.

  35. Added Redress Scotland and Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel.

  36. CE of Scottish Roadworks Commissioner updated.

  37. Updated contact details on three pages.

  38. Quarter 4 information added for many organisations.

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