GO-Science has released 684 papers (as at 30.04.2021) and the minutes from COVID-SAGE which forms the advice provided to Ministers. The current aim is to release papers about two weeks after the SAGE meeting at which the advice was considered, unless for reasons of national security, commercial sensitivity or the need to protect space for policy development. In practice, papers are often released much sooner than this, for example the minutes of the SAGE meeting held on Thursday 18 February 2021 and 19 related papers were released on Monday 22 February alongside publication of the Government’s Roadmap. Each emergency is unique and therefore the timing of release of advice from SAGE will need to be agreed with CO and No. 10 in accordance with the circumstances of future incidents. Where appropriate, and in keeping with the strong public interest in maintaining the safe space for the process of policy formulation the principle of Cabinet Collective Responsibility, advice to the Prime Minister and COBR may need to be kept confidential to ensure advisers can express their views frankly in the expectation that they can provide the fullest possible advice to Ministers and the Prime Minister. COBR is formally a Committee of the Cabinet, and it is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.