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		</div><p>Further documents from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) will be published later, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman has said, defending the Government’s approach to transparency.</p>
<p>On Tuesday Sage, which is advising ministers on the coronavirus outbreak response, published a cache of papers that have informed its advice.</p>
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<p>The documents were published after increasing pressure on officials to make the workings of Sage public, and included a list of all documents discussed at its meetings.</p>
<p>Although the spreadsheet listed around 120 documents, only 28 have been published, with 16 released on Tuesday, including one on how to relax lockdown measures which has a large redacted section.</p>
<p>“We’ll publish all of the evidence in the coming weeks and months,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.</p>
<p>“Where some of the evidence remains under live consideration for policy decisions it isn’t appropriate to publish at this time.</p>
<p>“The only redactions are for advice still under development or where contact details have been removed.</p>
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<p>“The redactions were carried out by officials working for the Government Office for Science in consultation with the documents’ authors.”</p>
<p>Papers that have not been published include one from February on when to stop contact tracing, and another on the impact of school closures.</p>
<p>The list also includes unpublished documents on the use of face masks, the risk of pets passing on the virus, and advice on restricting flights from specific countries.</p>
<p>The publication came the day after Sage revealed the names of 50 experts who have sat on the group, with two not wanting to be identified.</p>
<p>It came after calls for transparency over the group, with concerns raised of a lack of breadth of expertise and the presence of Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings in meetings.</p>
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