Scotland's deputy first minister says the unredacted information will be handed to the UK Covid Inquiry.
The Scottish government will hand over more than 14,000 electronic messages to the UK Covid Inquiry, the deputy first minister has announced.The government had been criticised for not handing over all relevant data to the UK Covid Inquiry, with senior figures accused of deleting messages.Sturgeon Covid messages deleted from phone - report
The government had said the order to disclose all of the information was necessary due to data privacy concerns. In addition to "hundreds" of messages already submitted, Ms Robison said this would include more than 14,000 mainly WhatsApp messages from officials, ministers and former ministers. It is not yet clear whether the 14,000 messages cited by Ms Robison included data previously assumed to be permanently deleted and unavailable to the inquiry.
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