Meetings details of the Scottish Cosmetic Interventions Expert Group (SCIEG) from its formation: FOI release

Information requested

All agendas and minutes of the Scottish Cosmetic Interventions Expert Group (SCIEG) from its formation to the date of this request.

Response

• SCIEG was first established as a time-limited group (January 2014-February 2015) to explore the need for introducing regulation to cosmetic procedures in Scotland following the publication of the Keogh Review in 2013. This is referred to as Phase One.
• Between 2017 and 2022 SCIEG members met to review the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures. This is referred to as Phase Two.
• SCIEG was formally reconvened in November 2023 following analysis of the Scottish Government’s 2020 consultation on the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures. This is referred to as the current SCIEG. It last convened in May 2025.

Meeting agenda and minutes

• A summary of SCIEG meeting agendas and minutes are set out in a table in Appendix A.
• Meeting minutes of the current SCIEG from November 2023-October 2024 are published online at: https://www.gov.scot/groups/scottish-cosmetic-interventions-expert-group/ 
• All available meeting agendas are provided in Appendix B.
• All other meeting minutes are provided in Appendix C.
• The following redactions under FOISA Section 38(1)(b) have been made: the names of Scottish Government officials under Senior Civil Service (SCS) grade as per corporate policy and the names of external attendees in non-senior roles and where consent to publish SCIEG membership is not in place.

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FOI 202600511018 - Information released - Annex A - Annex C

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