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Ministers visiting each Scottish Parliament constituency 2011-present: FOI release
Information requested
Details of how many times every Minister, including the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister, visited each Scottish Parliamentary constituency in the last Parliament (2011-2016) and for this Parliament (2016-present).
Please include:
1) The date of the visit
2) The name of the Minister on each occasion
3) The official purpose of the event.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you have requested in the Annex attached.
Please note that ministerial engagements in many cases involve visits to facilities such as community projects, hospitals, police stations and universities which serve the wider area rather than to the constituency itself.
The other information you have requested (questions 1,2 and 3) can be found on the Scottish Government website at the links below.
Pre May 2016 (NLS archive) Post May 2016