FOI/202300383851 · FOI · partially withheld
Ministers work phone and tablets: FOI release
Information requested
1. Make and model of work issued mobile phones and tablets, including details of any upgrades or replacements. 2. Any ICT help desk records relating to the upgrade, replacement, or backing up of mobile phones and tablets.
Response
1. Please find below a list of Ministers and former Minsters in the past 5 years, and according to our records, if they have or had a mobile phone or tablet. Current Ministers
Minister Current Ministerial Role SG Mobile SG Tablet Details of upgrade or replacements Humza Yousaf First Minister YES NO Samsung J6 replaced May 2021 Shona Robison Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance YES NO Angela Constance Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs YES NO Neil Gray Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy YES NO Mairi McAllan Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition YES NO Mairi Gougeon Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands YES NO Angus Robertson Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture YES NO Michael Matheson Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care YES YES Shirley-Anne Somerville Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice YES NO Jenny Gilruth Cabinet Secretary for Education & Skills YES NO Siobhian Brown Minister for Victims and Community Safety YES NO Natalie Don Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise YES NO Richard Lochhead Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade YES YES Fiona Hyslop Minister for Transport YES YES iPhone 7 replaced in February 2021 Elena Whitham Minister for Drugs & Alcohol Policy YES NO Tom Arthur Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance YES NO Maree Todd Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing & Sport YES NO Emma Roddick Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees YES NO Graeme Dey Minister for Higher Education, Further Education (& Minister for Veterans) YES NO Gillian Martin Minister for Energy and the Environment YES NO Jamie Hepburn Minister for Independence YES NO Joe FitzPatrick Minister for Local Government Empowerment & Planning YES YES Jenni Minto Minister for Public Health & Women's Health YES NO Paul McLennan Minister for Housing YES NO Patrick Harvie Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel & Tenant's Rights YES NO George Adam Minister for Parliamentary Business YES NO Christina McKelvie Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development NO YES Lorna Slater Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity NO NO Dorothy Bain KC Lord Advocate NO YES Ruth Charteris KC Solicitor General NO NO
Former Ministers
Minister SG Mobile SG Tablet Fergus Ewing YES YES Michael Russell YES NO Keith Brown YES YES Aileen Campbell NO YES Ash Regan (Denham) NO YES Ivan McKee YES YES Clare Haughey YES NO Kevin Stewart YES YES James Wolffe QC YES NO
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide the current make and model information you have requested because an exemption(s) under section(s) 30c (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) of FOISA applies to that information. In considering this exemption we have taken account of the fact that disclosure of information under the FOISA is to “the world at large”, not just to an individual applicant. We are therefore required to consider the effect of releasing the information into the public domain. We recognise that there is an inherent public interest in openness and transparency regarding the use of Government systems. However, we have to balance this interest with the ability of those conducting Government business to operate safely and securely, as well as to protect our networks and information, all of which is required to enable the conduct of public affairs. Providing details about the information you have requested into the public domain could subsequently be used by threat actors to evade any controls we might or might not have in place. We consider that the public interest in ensuring that the security of our systems and processes is not compromised, thereby maintaining ability to conduct affairs of public office, outweighs that of disclosing this information. We have therefore decided to withhold the information. 2. The only ICT help records we can find relating to the upgrade, replacement, or backing up of mobile phones and tablets are shown below.
Minister Help desk Record Humza Yousaf Service Request - Upgrade of Samsung J6 Ticket description: Mr Yousaf's existing phone is out of contract or very close to being out of contract. Fiona Hyslop Service Request - Upgrade of iPhone 7 Ticket description: Standard Request.
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Current Ministers Minister Current Ministerial Role SG Mobile SG Tablet Details of upgrade or replacements Humza Yousaf First Minister YES NO Samsung J6 replaced May 2021 Shona Robison Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance YES NO Angela Constance Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs YES NO Neil Gray Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy YES NO Mairi McAllan Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition YES NO Mairi Gougeon Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands YES NO Angus Robertson Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture YES NO Michael Matheson Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care YES YES Shirley-Anne Somerville Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice YES NO Jenny Gilruth Cabinet Secretary for Education & Skills YES NO Siobhian Brown Minister for Victims and Community Safety YES NO Natalie Don Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise YES NO Richard Lochhead Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade YES YES Fiona Hyslop Minister for Transport YES YES iPhone 7 replaced in February 2021 Elena Whitham Minister for Drugs & Alcohol Policy YES NO Tom Arthur Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance YES NO Maree Todd Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing & Sport YES NO Emma Roddick Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees YES NO Graeme Dey Minister for Higher Education, Further Education (& Minister for Veterans) YES NO Gillian Martin Minister for Energy and the Environment YES NO Jamie Hepburn Minister for Independence YES NO Joe FitzPatrick Minister for Local Government Empowerment & Planning YES YES Jenni Minto Minister for Public Health & Women's Health YES NO Paul McLennan Minister for Housing YES NO Patrick Harvie Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel & Tenant's Rights YES NO George Adam Minister for Parliamentary Business YES NO Christina McKelvie Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development NO YES Lorna Slater Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity NO NO Dorothy Bain KC Lord Advocate NO YES Ruth Charteris KC Solicitor General NO NO Former Ministers Minister SG Mobile SG Tablet Fergus Ewing YES YES Michael Russell YES NO Keith Brown YES YES Aileen Campbell NO YES Ash Regan (Denham) NO YES Ivan McKee YES YES Clare Haughey YES NO Kevin Stewart YES YES James Wolffe QC YES NO While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide the current make and model information you have requested because an exemption(s) under section(s) 30c (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) of FOISA applies to that information. In considering this exemption we have taken account of the fact that disclosure of information under the FOISA is to “the world at large”, not just to an individual applicant.
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