Governing the City State - Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate ...

political responsibility for all measures taken in this field”. 108budget of €10.5 billion and a staff of around 30,000.The city administration has aThe Scottish GovernmentThe devolved Scottish Government is “responsible for most of the issues of day-to-dayconcern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, andtransport”. 109 Like the ACT’s Assembly, the Scottish Parliament was establishedwith responsibility for devolved matters while the UK Parliament remains responsible for'reserved matters' in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament has full legislative competence (inother words, it can pass both primary and secondary legislation) across a wide range of110devolved subjects.Unlike the ACT, local authorities form part of the national governance structure in Scotland.The Scottish Cabinet comprises six Ministers: First Minister, Finance and SustainableGrowth, Health and Wellbeing, Education and Lifelong Learning, Justice and Communities,and Rural Affairs and Environment. There are ten Ministers outside the Cabinet and 129Members of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government’s budget is more than£30 billion, and it employs just over 500,000 people.Scotland Performs – Clarity of Purpose and DirectionSince it was formed in May 2007, the current Scottish Government (which like the ACTGovernment governs in minority) has undertaken a program of significant reform organisedaround a clearly articulated set of priorities and performance measures set out in aNational Performance Framework. 111When it was elected, the new Government presented its officials with a statement of itsoverarching and unifying purpose and five underpinning strategic objectives on a single pieceof paper. The outcomes focused approach of its administration is founded on thisunambiguous statement of direction. Once in power, the “challenge was to translate thisoutcome focus into a system of government, to remove layers of bureaucracy and align all thework of government on the achievement of this core purpose”. 112 Those five objectivesare: 113 wealthier and fairer - enabling businesses and people to increase their wealth and morepeople to share fairly in that wealth;healthier - helping people to sustain and improve their health, especially in disadvantagedcommunities, ensuring better, local and faster access to health care;108 Stadt Wien (2010) p.21.109 Scottish Government (2010a) The Scottish Government http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/110 Scottish Government (2010b) Scottish Responsibilities http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/18060/11552111 See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms112 National School of Government (2009a) The Scottish Government: the Line of Sight. London, p.1.113 Scottish Government (2010c) Strategic Objectives – Scottish Government http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Strategic-ObjectivesGoverning the City State: 76