Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment
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The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment is a cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...

 post in the Scottish Government created in 2011, with responsbilities for Scottish Water
Scottish Water
Scottish Water is a statutory corporation in Scotland that provides water and sewerage services. Unlike in England and Wales, water and sewerage provision in Scotland continues as a public corporation accountable to the public through the Scottish Government....

, procurement
Procurement
Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...

, European Structural Funds
Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds
The Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund are financial tools set up to implement the Cohesion policy also referred to as the Regional policy of the European Union. They aim to reduce regional disparities in terms of income, wealth and opportunities...

, Scottish Futures Trust
Scottish Futures Trust
The Scottish Futures Trust is a government-owned company, set up by the Scottish Government in September 2008, to improve public infrastructure investment in the hope of saving £100 - £150 million each year when fully operational...

, transport policy and delivery
Delivery
Delivery may refer to:*Delivery, in childbirth*Delivery , of goods*Delivery *Delivery , in cricket, a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman*Delivery , of a joke...

, public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

, road
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...

, rail services, air and ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 services, housing
Housing
Housing may refer to:* A House* Social or public housing* Enclosure containing some equipment or mechanism*House dance...

, communities and regeneration
Regeneration
-In biology:* Regeneration , the ability to recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs and limbs* Bush regeneration, an ecological technique practiced in Australia-In music:* Regeneration , a 1977 album by Roy Orbison...

. The junior Minister for Housing and Transport also reports to the Secretary.

Office holders

The first and current Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment is Alex Neil MSP.
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