Cabinet meeting attendance statistics: FOI release
- Published
- 1 March 2022
- Directorate
- Constitution Directorate
- Part of
- Constitution and democracy, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202200276397
- Date received
- 27 January 2022
- Date responded
- 22 February 2022
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
1. The number of Cabinet meetings attended by Patrick Harvie since his appointment as a Minister of the Scottish Government. Please provide the dates and reasons for his attendance.
2. The number of Cabinet meetings attended by Lorna Slater since her appointment as a Minister of the Scottish Government. Please provide the dates and reasons for her attendance.
3. In total, the number of Cabinet meetings that have taken place since the appointment of Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater as Ministers to the Scottish Government.
Response
1. Patrick Harvie MSP, Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights, has not attended any Cabinet meetings since his appointment as a Minister of the Scottish Government.
2. Lorna Slater MSP, Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, has not attended any Cabinet meetings since her appointment as a Minister of the Scottish Government.
3. Since the appointment of Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater as Ministers to the Scottish Government on 28 August 2021, there have been 26 Cabinet meetings.
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