Ministerial car journeys: FOI release
- Published
- 30 July 2020
- Topic
- Public sector, Transport
- FOI reference
- FOI/202000049288
- Date received
- 18 June 2020
- Date responded
- 10 July 2020
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
i) How many journeys have been carried out in ministerial cars which have not installed protective screens?
ii) What was the date of each journey?
iii) What was the duration of each journey?
iv) What was the reason for each journey?
You asked for this information to be broken down (excluding the First Minister) per Cabinet Secretary and Minister.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we don’t have the information are explained in the Annex below.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
Annex
The Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have asked for because we don’t hold records on duration of journey as there is no operational requirement to do so.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested
Since 23 March 2020, 75 journeys were completed in cars without protective screens. A breakdown of these journeys is detailed in the table below.
Protective screens were fitted to operational Ministerial vehicles on 20 April 2020 and since this date, no journeys have been conducted in vehicles without screens.
Prior to that date all vehicles were subject to enhanced cleaning procedures.
All measures recommended in the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) 11 May 20 guidance; Working safely during coronavirus (Covid19) – Vehicles, have been followed and implemented.
Ministerial car journeys without protective screens since 23 March 2020, broken down by Cabinet Secretary and Minister.
Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government - Aileen Campbell MSP
| Date of journey | Reason for journey |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial engagement (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return home |
Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture - Fiona Hyslop MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial engagement (St. Andrew’s House) |
Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills - Jamie Hepburn MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 01/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 01/04/2020 | Return home |
Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform - Roseanna Cunningham MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 01/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 01/04/2020 | Return home |
Cabinet Secretary for Finance - Kate Forbes MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 25/03/2020 | Return home |
Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, Europe and External Affairs - Michael Russell MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 23/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament – following day) |
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport - Jeane Freeman MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 23/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 23/03/2020 | Return home |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return home |
| 25/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 25/03/2020 | Return home |
| 26/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 26/03/2020 | Return home |
| 27/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 27/03/2020 | Return home |
| 29/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 29/03/2020 | Return home |
| 30/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 30/03/2020 | Return home |
| 31/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 31/03/2020 | Return home |
| 01/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 01/04/2020 | Return home |
| 02/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 02/04/2020 | Return home |
| 03/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 03/04/2020 | Return home |
| 05/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 05/04/2020 | Return home |
| 06/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 06/04/2020 | Return home |
| 07/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 07/04/2020 | Return home |
| 08/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 08/04/2020 | Return home |
| 09/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 09/04/2020 | Return home |
| 12/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 12/04/2020 | Return home |
| 13/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 13/04/2020 | Return home |
| 14/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 14/04/2020 | Return home |
| 15/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 15/04/2020 | Return home |
| 16/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 16/04/2020 | Return home |
| 17/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 17/04/2020 | Return home |
| 19/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 19/04/2020 | Return home |
Minister for Mental Health - Clare Haughey MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 23/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 23/03/2020 | Return Home |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return Home |
Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing - Joe FitzPatrick MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 23/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (St. Andrew’s House) |
| 23/03/2020 | Return Home |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return Home |
Cabinet Secretary for Justice - Humza Yousaf MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
Minister for Community Safety - Ash Denham MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return Home |
Minister for Older People and Equalities - Christina McKelvie MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return Home |
Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity - Michael Matheson MSP
| Date of Journey | Reason for journey |
| 24/03/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 24/03/2020 | Return Home |
| 01/04/2020 | Ministerial Engagements (Parliament) |
| 01/04/2020 | Return Home |
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