Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether there have been any consequences for any of its officials as a result of any investigations into any leaking of ministerial statements or other information to the media, and, if so, what the consequences were.
The Civil Service Code requires that officials must not disclose official information without authority. No investigations have identified that officials have deliberately leaked information. We have offered guidance and engaged with teams on improving the handling of sensitive information.