Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-23781

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 11 December 2023
Current status: Answered by George Adam on 20 December 2023

Question

To ask the Scottish Government which cabinet secretaries and ministers have government-issued (a) mobile phones and (b) other electronic devices.

Answer

On appointment, ministers are offered electronic equipment to assist them in carrying out their official duties. I have included table which outlines the devices used by each of the ministers.

Minister	Ministerial Role	SG Laptop	SG Tablet	SG Mobile	SG Mi-Fi
Humza Yousaf	First Minister	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Shona Robison	Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance	Yes	No	Yes	No
Angela Constance	Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs	Yes	No	Yes	No
Neil Gray	Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mairi McAllan	Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition	Yes	No	Yes	No
Mairi Gougeon	Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Angus Robertson	Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Michael Matheson	Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shirley-Anne Somerville	Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice	Yes	No	Yes	No
Jenny Gilruth	Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills	Yes	No	Yes	No
Siobhian Brown	Minister for Victims and Community Safety	Yes	No	Yes	No
Natalie Don	Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise	Yes	No	Yes	No
Richard Lochhead	Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade	Yes	No	Yes	No
Fiona Hyslop	Minister for Transport	Yes	No	Yes	No
Elena Whitham	Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tom Arthur	Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance	Yes	No	Yes	No
Maree Todd	Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Emma Roddick	Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees	Yes	No	Yes	No
Graeme Dey	Minister for Higher Education, Further Education and Minister for Veterans	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Gillian Martin	Minister for Energy and the Environment	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Jamie Hepburn	Minister for Independence	Yes	No	Yes	No
Joe FitzPatrick	Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Jenni Minto	Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health	Yes	No	Yes	No
Paul McLennan	Minister for Housing	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Patrick Harvie	Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenant’s Rights	Yes	No	Yes	No
George Adam	Minister for Parliamentary Business	Yes	No	Yes	No
Christina McKelvie	Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development	Yes	No	No	No
Lorna Slater	Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity	Yes	No	No	No
Dorothy Bain KC	Lord Advocate	Yes	Yes	No	No
Ruth Charteris KC	Solicitor General	Yes	No	No	No

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