Analysis The Sunday National took a deep dive into FOI requests to discover what we can glean regarding the Government’s indyref2 plans THE Scottish Government has not yet deployed civil servants back to their original roles to prepare for a second independence referendum, we can reveal. On March 18, 2020, 10 civil servants who were working on independence related projects were moved to work on Covid-19 guidance and election policy instead. Three of the civil servants were working on a series of New Scotland papers on how Scotland can transition from a Yes vote to independence, announced by Nicola Sturgeon on January 31, 2020.