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Scotland’s Health Secretary has said parliamentary authorities have already looked at the data from the iPad on which he built up an almost £11,000 bill while on holiday, after facing calls to hand it over.
Speaking to reporters at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on Tuesday, Michael Matheson faced further questions over the £10,935.74 bill from a visit to Morocco around Christmas last year.
On Friday, Matheson said he would pay back the money, but the Scottish Conservatives have called for the Scottish Parliament’s IT department to examine the device so it can be verified that the bill relates “solely to parliamentary and constituency-related work”.
But Matheson insisted IT officials at the Scottish Parliament have already looked at the iPad and found there had been no personal use.
Matheson told reporters on Monday: “Parliament investigated this issue, keep in mind, back in January, where one of our senior IT officials looked into it and came to a view on this matter.
“That’s why I took the personal decision, as I said in my statement on Friday, that I will reimburse the Parliament for the full costs of that.”
Matheson was then asked if he would hand over his iPad to the parliamentary authorities.
To which he responded: “They investigated the issue back in January.
“They had all the data and everything from it.
“They had access to all of the data on the iPad when they looked at it back in January.”
Matheson accused the Conservatives of “political mischief” over the issue with the iPad, but said: “The issue has already been investigated. I realise they weren’t aware of that.”
He maintained that he would not resign from his position.
The bill was linked to an “outdated” SIM card in the device, with the Conservatives also
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