Question reference: S5W-36018
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35078 by John Swinney on 18 February 2021, how many meetings it has had with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); on what dates, and whether it will publish the minutes of the weekly meetings.
Answer
As stated in the answer to question S5W-35078, the Scottish Government National Co-ordination Team has been in regular communication with the OECD throughout the Review. Meetings have typically taken place once a week although, subject to the point in the review and work required, some weeks there have been more than one meeting and some weeks there have been none. In total, since September 2019, there have been 45 scheduled meetings with the National Co-ordination Team and the OECD Review Team. In addition the OECD Team have met with me three times to provide updates.
The meetings between the OECD Review Team and the Co-ordination Team were not routinely minuted as they were focused on the practicalities of delivering the Review.
The meetings between myself and the OECD Review Team were for the OECD Review Team to update me on progress with the Review. There were no actions from these meetings so no minutes were produced.