Number of female; Cabinet Secretaries, Ministers and Special Advisers: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

You made the following request for information:

For verification of the number of women Cabinet Secretaries, Ministers and Special Advisers as provided in your table.

Response

Some of the information you have requested is available from The Scottish Parliament website.

A list of which MSPs are female can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/15445.aspx
A list of Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/msps/ministers-and-law-officers.aspx

These 2 sources can be cross-referred to obtain the information you require.

Information for Special Advisers can be found in the following table:

Special advisers at 30 June 2019
Female - 5
Male - 9

About FOI
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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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