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Minister for Equalities
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Co-ionannachd
Incumbent
Kaukab Stewart
since 8 May 2024
StyleMinister
(within parliament)
Equalities Minister
(informal)
Scottish Equalities Minister
(outwith Scotland)
Member of
Reports toScottish Parliament
SeatEdinburgh
AppointerFirst Minister
Inaugural holderJeane Freeman
Minister for Social Security
Formation19 May 2016
Salary£106,185 per annum (2024)
(including £72,196 MSP salary)
Websitewww.gov.scot
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Administration

The Minister for Equalities is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet. 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.

The incumbent Minister is Kaukab Stewart since 8 May 2024.

Overview

The Minister for Older People and Equalities had specific responsibility for promoting and coordinating policy in support of:

  • 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

Name Portrait Entered Office Left Office Party First Minister
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

References

  1. "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
  2. 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".
  3. ^ "Minister for Older People and Equalities". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

External links

Scottish Junior Ministers
Swinney government


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