The Scottish Government

'The First Minister, grinning manfully, is fighting for his life.' Iain Bell in the Herald, 7 th September 2006.

The Government of Scotland

The Scottish Cabinet, 20 th May 2003 - 1 st October 2004

The Scottish Executive in 2003:
From left to right, Front row: Cathie Jamieson, Jack McConnell, Jim Wallace
Second row: Colin Boyd, Ross Finnie, Patricia Fergusson, Andy Kerr
Third row: Margaret Curran, Malcolm Chisholm
Fourth row: Frank McAveety, Peter Peacock, Nicol Stephen

The First Minister
	First Minister & Custodian of the Great Seal of Scotland
	Rt Hon Jack McConnell, MSP
	£123,161
Ministers		Deputy Ministers
	Deputy First Minister, Minister for Enterprise, & Lifelong Learning		Deputy Minister for Enterprise, & Lifelong Learning
	Rt Hon James Wallace, QC MSP		Dr Lewis Macdonald, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Justice		Deputy Minister for Justice
	Cathy Jamieson, MSP		Hugh Henry, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Education & Young People		Deputy Minister for Education & Young People
	Peter Peacock, MSP		Euan Robson MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Health & Community Care		Deputy Minister for Health & Community Care
	Malcolm Chisholm, MSP		Tom McCabe, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Environment & Rural Development		Deputy Minister for Environment & Rural Development
	Ross Finnie, MSP		Allan Wilson, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Communities		Deputy Minister for Communities
	Margaret Curran, MSP		Mary Mulligan, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Finance & Public Services		Deputy Minister for Finance & Public Services
	Andy Kerr, MSP		Tavish Scott, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Parliamentary Business		Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
	Patricia Ferguson, MSP		Tavish Scott, MSP
	£88,097		£72,525+
	Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport	No Deputy Ministers
	Frank McAveety, MSP
	£88,097 1
	Minister for Transport
	Nicol Stephen, MSP
	£72,525+
	Lord Advocate		Solicitor General
	Colin Boyd QC		Elish Angiolini
	£104,000		£88,000

In February 2004 the government accepted the recommendations of the senior salaries pay review board which increased their salaries by 2 %. This takes the salary for an MSP to £50,300, and for MPs (who have a considerably smaller workload since the opening of the Scottish Parliament) to £57,485.