Question reference: S5W-00128
- Asked by: Adam Tomkins, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 19 May 2016
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Current status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Information Commissioner is subject to purdah.
Answer
<>No, the commissioner is not subject to purdah because she is not part of the Scottish Government. The commissioner is an independent public official appointed by Her Majesty the Queen on the nomination of the Scottish Parliament.