S1W-29490: Whether it will list each ministerial (a) committee and (b) sub-committee created since May 1999, giving the membership and the dates estab…

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each ministerial (a) committee and (b) sub-committee created since May 1999, giving the membership and the dates established and terminated in each case.

The answer

Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 Oct 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Prior to the winter of 2001-02, no formal committees or sub-committees of Cabinet existed. The decision to have committees arose from a review of the preceding, less formal arrangement of ministerial groups. In addition to formal committees and standing ministerial groups, ministers also meet in ad hoc groups to deal with specific issues. The information requested is set out in the following tables:Table 1: Cabinet Sub-CommitteesTitle/Ministerial Members | Period of Operation
Cabinet Sub-Committee on Children's Services (CSCCS)
First Minister (Chair) | 19-12-01 to present
Minister for Education and Young People (Deputy Chair)
Minister for Health and Community Care
Deputy Minister for Education and Young People
Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development
Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services
Deputy Minister for Justice
Deputy Minister for Social Justice
Cabinet Sub-Committee on Legislation (CSCL)
First Minister (Chair) | 06-03-02 to present
Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice
Minister for Parliamentary Business (Deputy Chair)
Lord Advocate
Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
Cabinet Sub-Committee on Renewing Local Democracy (CSCRLD)
First Minister (Chair) | 22-01-02 to present
Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice
Minister for Education and Young People
Minister for Environment and Rural Development
Minister for Finance and Public Services
Minister for Parliamentary Business
Cabinet Sub-Committee on Rural Development (CSCRD)
Minister for Environment and Rural Development (Chair) | 23-01-02 to present
Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
Minister for Finance and Public Services
Minister for Social Justice
Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development
Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
Cabinet Sub-Committee on Social Justice (CSCSJ)
Minister for Social Justice (Chair) | 13-03-02 to present
Minister for Education and Young People
Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
Minister for Finance and Public Services
Minister for Health and Community Care

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-29490 by reference.