Finance and Public Administration Committee
Handling formal complaints - Scottish Government Response
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to the Convener of 26 October 2021
Dear Convener
Thank you for your letter of 6 October seeking an update on when the Scottish Government is able to share with the Finance and Public Administration Committee the progress on the Implementation Plan and the updated Procedure for handling formal complaints by civil servants about a Minister or a former Minister’s behaviour.
Officials are currently taking forward the actions in the Implementation Plan and the development of the updated Procedure. The documents will be available to the Committee before recess in December 2021. I will write to you with copies of the documents at that time.
I am content to give evidence on both of these documents at a time agreed with you and note that Committee clerks have made initial contact with Government officials on this matter.
I hope that this assists with the Committee’s work planning.