Scottish Ministers have been ordered to publish “wrongly withheld” information that was part of an investigation into whether former first minister Nicola Sturgeon breached the ministerial code.

Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton ruled on Friday that ministers previously failed to disclose some information requested under Freedom of Information (FOI) rules.

The decision requires the Scottish Government to disclose some information which had been wrongly withheld and issue a revised response in relation to a small amount of other information by January 12, 2026.

The new ruling was published in a long-running request for information from the investigation into whether Sturgeon breached the ministerial code in dealings with her late predecessor, Alex Salmond, over harassment

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