Question reference: S5W-32907
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 30 October 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32867 by Jeane Freeman on 29 October 2020, whether it will publish (a) the full set of papers produced by the COVID-19 Advisory Group and (b) any papers produced by members of the Group that have been considered at its meetings.
Answer
Meeting papers produced by the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group or by individual Group members for the purpose of the Group’s meetings will continue to be published on the Scottish Government website at: https://www.gov.scot/groups/scottish-government-covid-19-advisory-group/ .
The majority of Group members are independent academics. Publication is therefore subject to permission being given by the author(s) of the documents and consideration, with due regard to the public interest, is given before we publish papers to or from the Group to avoid inhibiting its capacity to provide free and frank advice to Ministers.