Scottish Government

Cabinet Sub-Committee on Scottish Government Resilience (CSC-SGoR)

Membership

Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Chair)
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
The Lord Advocate

Remit

To keep under review the Scottish Government's policy for managing the consequences of major disruptive incidents in Scotland, including civil contingencies planning, and to report to Cabinet as appropriate.

Role

CSC-SGoR is a standing committee which meets 3-4 times each year to review the Scottish Government's arrangements for dealing with civil contingencies. If the situation requires, the Committee may also be convened by Scottish Ministers in response to specific events. The Commitee will:

• Set the Scottish Government's strategic response priorities;
• Ensure that the necessary resources of government are being brought to bear to support responders in dealing with the incident; and
• Where there are national consequences, identify:
  - the national priorities for handling the incident; and
  - the desired national outcomes.

Dealing with Specific Events

Since January 2009, the Cabinet Sub-Commitee has been convened in response to the following events:

• H1N1 Influenze Pandemic (Pandemic Flu)
• Severe Weather
• Volcanic Ash

For these events, the Sub-Committee's membership was extended to also include:

• H1N1 Influenza Pandemic - First Minister and Minister for Public Health and Sport
• Severe Weather - First Minister; Minister for Transport and Infrastructure; Minister for Environment and Climate Change; Minister for Community Safety
• Volcanic Ash - First Minister; Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change and Minister for Environment

Dates of Meetings**

(** The lists of meeting dates are updated quarterly, in March, June, September, December.)