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Written Question · S3W-30917 · Session 3

Whether it will list the (a) dates of and (b) ministers who attended each meeting in the Scottish Government Resilience Room between 21 Dec…

Answered Asked by Johann Lamont Lab Lodged 20 Jan 2010

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the (a) dates of and (b) ministers who attended each meeting in the Scottish Government Resilience Room between 21 December 2009 and 8 January 2010.

The answer

Answered by John Swinney on 9 Feb 2010 · 20 days after it was lodged, 6 days after it was due

The Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) was activated on 22 December in relation to the severe weather being experienced across Scotland. Scottish ministers were briefed on the severe weather and its consequences every day from 22 December 2009 to 18 January 2010, including across the Christmas and New Year period when officials in Scottish Resilience were in close contact each day with the Duty Minister.
The Duty Ministers during the Christmas and New Year period were:
Ministerial Duty Rota
24 December “ Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
25 December “ Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
26 December “ Minister for Public Health and Sport
27 December “ Minister for Public Health and Sport
28 December “ Cabinet Secretary for Justice
29 December “ Cabinet Secretary for Justice
30 December
- Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
31 December
- Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
1 January
- Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
2 January
- Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
3 January
- Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
4 January
- Minister for Environment
The remit of SGoRR when activated is to monitor on behalf of Scottish ministers potential or ongoing incidents at a Scotland-wide level, in order to set the Scottish Government''s strategic response priorities and ensure that the activity of government is best focussed to support responders and others in dealing with the event.
The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Scottish Government Resilience met in the Scottish Government Resilience Room on the following dates between 21 December 2009 and 8 January 2010:
Date
| Subject of Meeting

Monday, 4 January
| Severe Weather

Wednesday, 6 January
| Severe Weather

Thursday, 7 January
| Severe Weather

Thursday, 7 January
| Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic

Friday, 8 January
| Severe Weather


Membership of the cabinet sub-committee, when convened to discuss the above-mentioned issues, is as detailed in the following table:
Severe Weather
| Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic

First Minister (Chair)
| Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing (Chair)

Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing
| First Minister

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-30917 by reference.