I have been assured this evening by Jim Savege, the council’s chief executive, that the named person scheme has not been rolled out in Aberdeenshire. Given the Supreme Court ruling I would have surprised if it had.

He told me: “No that is not the case, we have not implemented this, and will not be doing so until required to nationally. We have been keeping staff briefed on the progress of the initiative including the recent legal judgements.”

The claim had been made by the No2NP campaign which alleged that various council had started implementing the Scottish Government’s policy even though the Supreme Court had ruled it illegal in various respects.