Question reference: S5W-36137
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether guidance on flying flags from its buildings changed in 2021; what any such changes were, and what the reasons were for any changes made.
Answer
It is normal practice for the Scottish Government to publish updated flag flying guidance at the beginning of each year. The main changes to the guidance in 2021 were:
- Confirming specific flag flying dates;
- The removal of the birthday of HRH The Duke of York as an official flag flying day;
- Confirmation of the Government’s previously announced policy to fly the European Flag daily at St Andrew’s House and Victoria Quay, subject to other flag flying commitments; and
- Advice about the possible effects the COVID-19 pandemic on scheduled flag flying days.