WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Transport Scotland was created in 2006 as an agency of the Scottish Government, accountable to Parliament and the public through Scottish Ministers, with our Chief Executive reporting directly to the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.
Transport Scotland is responsible, on behalf of Scottish Ministers, for overseeing the operation and improvement of the trunk road and railway networks and for running the national concessionary travel schemes. We also recommend and advise on future investment priorities for the transport network and oversee the provision of impartial travel information services.
Our purpose is to help deliver the Scottish Government’s vision for transport, making a real difference for people and businesses using the national rail and road networks.
Our focus is on making journey times better and more reliable, improving strategic transport connections, encouraging a shift from lorries and private cars, and on improving safety, while at the same time promoting innovation and reducing emissions.
These priorities fully support the Scottish Government’s strategic objectives, and have an important part to play in delivering its Purpose of increasing sustainable economic growth. Our detailed aims and delivery priorities are set out in our Corporate Plan and annual Business Plans. Delivery against our targets for 2007/08 are summarised on pages 38 and 39.
Transport Scotland has five executive Directors who report to the Chief Executive and with him form part of the Corporate Board of Transport Scotland, on which they are also supported by two independent non-executive Directors: Dr Iain Docherty and Dr Jacqueline Redmond. The non-executive Directors do not have operational responsibilities and are not civil servants. They are appointed in line with public appointment procedures to bring external perspectives and experience to the organisation. They also constitute the audit committee together with a further external appointee, Eileen Marshall.
MALCOLM REED |
GUY HOUSTON |
AINSLIE McLAUGHLIN |
JIM BARTON |
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executive directors
BILL REEVE |
FRANCES DUFFY |
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non-executive directors
IAIN DOCHERTY |
JACQUELINE REDMOND |
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