Staffing Guidance
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry · Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report · Issued 19 September 2023 · Addressed to: Scottish Government
Government responseScottish Government: Under consideration (Nov 2023)
DeliveryNo statement from Scottish Government found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Chapter 2 Recommendation 3 (paragraph 2.101)
The guidance mentioned in the first recommendation should include: advice concerning the circumstances in which civil servants in the inquiry team may properly transfer to posts, other than promoted posts, within other government departments or agencies; which positions within the administration of a public inquiry may be filled by the employment of agency staff; and whether longer-term contracts as temporary civil servants are more appropriate for particular positions that cannot be filled by permanent civil servants.
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report · 19 Sep 2023 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
In November 2023, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition Màiri McAllan stated to the Scottish Parliament that the Scottish Government was "working through all of these recommendations" (Màiri McAllan response, Nov 2023). The Minister reported in November 2023 that additional guidance regarding the efficient establishment and delivery of public inquiries was already in development and had been shared with recent inquiries as they were established (Màiri McAllan response, Nov 2023).
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Government response
●Scottish Government · Under consideration · 2 Nov 2023
We are working through all of these recommendations, but I can report that additional guidance similar to that suggested is already in development with reference to the efficient establishment and delivery of public inquiries and has been shared with recent inquiries as they have been established.
Response document: Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report: Transport Secretary statement
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Scottish Government has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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