Scottish First Minister Sturgeon fails to explicitly deny using personal email for official business

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has failed to explicitly deny using a "private or party" email account for Scottish Government business.

The First Minister's statement was in reply to a question from Tory MSP Donald Cameron during First Minister's Questions.

A spokesman later said Ms Sturgeon does not use a personal account to "conduct substantive Government business".

Party email accounts are not usually covered by freedom of information legislation, meaning messages would not necessarily be available to members of the public.

The First Minister said: "The Government is completely subject to freedom of information legislation and we would be covered by any of that.

"Most of the way I, rightly or wrongly, conduct Government business is on paper.

"I receive paper boxes not email boxes and I do handwritten notes. That's the way I conduct business.

"We will continue to respond to freedom of information requests on any particular issue."

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