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Corrections and changes to the Official Report

If you think that a draft Official Report doesn’t accurately reflect what you said, you can ask us to review it. Only the person whose words were reported can ask for a review – no one else can do it for them. You must do this within 20 working days of the report’s publication date.

How to request a correction: guidance for MSPs and witnesses

You can suggest corrections:

  • in person
  • by email
  • by sending a printout with your corrections marked up

The editor will consider your request. We can correct anything that we got wrong and make changes that fit with our remit to be substantially verbatim and agree with our house style guide.

You may not ask for corrections that:

  • change the meaning of what you said
  • add extra information

We will usually make any agreed corrections as soon as possible, but certainly within 35 working days of the report’s publication date. After that time, Official Reports are finalised and cannot be changed again.

MSP corrections

If an MSP supplies incorrect information that the Official Report cannot correct, they can use the members’ corrections mechanism.

This was recommended in the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s 7th report (session 3).

The guidance for Members gives more information about requesting a correction:

Members’ corrections guidance (163KB pdf)

Latest corrections

 

When a member has made a request to correct inaccurate information provided in Parliamentary proceedings and it satisfies the relevant criteria, the corrections will be published on this page.

Guidance on this process, including the admissibility criteria, can be found in the members corrections guidance (163KB pdf).

Correction

Meeting of the Parliament - 19 March 2024

Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs (Angela Constance)

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has identified an error in her contribution and provided the following correction:

At col 8, paragraph 6—

Original text—

“HMP Kilmarnock successfully transferred to Scottish Prison Service ownership and management on Sunday 17 March. The SPS and the private operator delivered a smooth transition, supporting staff and those in custody while maintaining the high standards already set within the prison. The SPS will continue delivering quality services at the prison, while benefiting from the skills and experience of the existing staff. It has been Scottish Government policy since 2007 that prisons should be owned and managed by the public sector and that public safety and prisoner rehabilitation and wellbeing should not be driven by private profit. The final overall cost of operations at HMP Kilmarnock will depend on a variety of factors but is currently estimated at £11.6 million for 2024-25.”

Corrected text—

“HMP Kilmarnock successfully transferred to Scottish Prison Service ownership and management on Sunday 17 March. The SPS and the private operator delivered a smooth transition, supporting staff and those in custody while maintaining the high standards already set within the prison. The SPS will continue delivering quality services at the prison, while benefiting from the skills and experience of the existing staff. It has been Scottish Government policy since 2007 that prisons should be owned and managed by the public sector and that public safety and prisoner rehabilitation and wellbeing should not be driven by private profit. The final overall cost of operations at HMP Kilmarnock will depend on a variety of factors but is currently estimated at £18.6 million for 2024-25.”

 

Previous corrections 

When a member has made a request to correct inaccurate information provided in Parliamentary proceedings and it satisfies the relevant criteria, the corrections will be published on this page.

Guidance on this process, including the admissibility criteria, can be found in the members corrections guidance (163KB pdf).

Errata

Very occasionally an editorial correction is required after the Official Report is finalised. Such corrections are entirely at the discretion of the Editor and will be published on this page.

Erratum

Meeting of the Parliament – 8 September 2022

The Minister for Transport (Jenny Gilruth)

There is an error in the contribution of Jenny Gilruth.

At col 82, paragraph 10—

Published text—

“we will not be pursuing any routes that look to privatisation in the future, and we are always considering unbundling.”

Corrected text—

“we will not be pursuing any routes that look to privatisation in the future, nor are we considering unbundling.”