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Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate

Dec. 14 2021

Source Page: Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry: Analysis of the public and stakeholders views on the approach to establishing the public inquiry
Document: Covid-19 Scottish Inquiry: Analysis of the public and stakeholders views on the approach to establishing the Inquiry (PDF)

Found: Aim of this report This exercise aimed to capture a range of views and d ifferent perspectives.

Select Committee
Report - Preparing for Extreme Risks: Building a Resilient Society

Inquiry Publications Dec. 03 2021

Inquiry: Risk Assessment and Risk Planning
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee

Found: /uploads/attachment_data/file/ 927770/exercise-cygnus-report.pdf [accessed 30 November 2021] 335 Q

Select Committee
Information Commissioner's Office, and Information Commissioner's Office
 Information Commissioner's Office, and Information Commissioner's Office

Oral Evidence Nov. 26 2021

Inquiry: The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: It is not a little bureaucratic tick-box exercise. It is absolutely fundamental.

National Audit Office
COVID-19 - Nov. 19 2021
Report - The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management (PDF)

Found: In˛uenza Bill, which was the basis for the Coronavirus Act, following Exercise Cygnus (2016).

National Audit Office
COVID-19 - Nov. 19 2021
Summary - The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management (PDF)

Found: For instance, it revised pandemic plans following Exercise Winter Willow and it prepared a draft Pandemic

National Audit Office
Risk and resilience - Nov. 19 2021
The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management (webpage)

Found: Simulation exercises such as Winter Willow (2007) and Exercise Cygnus (2016) were based on an influenza

Select Committee
Freelance
 FOI0041 - The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House

Written Evidence Nov. 19 2021

Inquiry: The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: information.Specifically, a number of FOI requests concerning the late-2016 viral pandemic simulation, Exercise

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: result of COV ID:19 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313328 98 Release the findings of Exercise

Commons Chamber
Randox Covid Contracts - Wed 17 Nov 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (LAB - Oldham East and Saddleworth) First, Exercise Cygnus and Exercise Alice both identified shortages of PPE should there be a global pandemic - Speech Link

Select Committee
openDemocracy
 FOI0028 - The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House

Written Evidence Oct. 26 2021

Inquiry: The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: requests relating to events of significant public interest, including the Grenfell Tower tragedy9, Exercise