Question reference: S6W-05983
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities, emergency services, and energy and connectivity suppliers will be permitted to share vulnerable people's contact information to facilitate the provision of support to those people in times of emergencies, such as during the response to Storm Arwen.
Answer
During times of emergency, those responders designated as either Category 1 or 2 by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 are permitted to share personal information by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005.