Guidance available for Civil Servants on consultation: FOI release

Information requested

Guidance available for civil servants on consultation.

Response

I enclose a copy of:

"Scottish Government: consultation good practice guidance", also referred to as the "consultation best practice handbook", this guidance is signposted to extensively on Saltire, our staff intranet. "introduction to consultation" training session slides. "consultation: next steps after launch" training session slides.

The above are available to Scottish Government officials.

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Attachments

• FOI 202300387652 - Information released - Annex 157 page PDF 3.5 MB

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