By 2005 all Scottish Cabinet Records were created and stored digitally (e.g. as Word or Excel documents, emails, etc.) rather than as paper documents. The digital records that are more than 15 years old are now available as PDF copies with their original document titles. The start and end dates given for each individual record is taken from the covering dates of the electronic files in which the records were originally stored.

For further information please read our guide on Scottish Cabinet Records