The number of Senior Civil Servants working in core Scottish Government and its Agencies who have requested approval under the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) rules in the last 5 years is provided in the following table: Year Number of Senior Civil Servants who applied Number of applications approved Lobbying ban or other restrictions imposed 2017-18 6 6 3 2018-19 4 4 1 2019-20 8 8 2 2020-21 7...