Question reference: S6W-08453
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 May 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 May 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07780 by Kate Forbes on 4 May 2022, whether it (a) believes, (b) knows or (c) suspects that a cabinet secretary, minister or civil servant destroyed the relevant documentation.
Answer
The document confirming which Scottish minister agreed to proceed with offering Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited a contract for the building of new ferries in October 2015 has been located. Suggestions that records had been deliberately destroyed are completely unfounded.
It has been provided to Parliament and can be found on the Scottish Government website here .