202300357753 · FOI · clarification
Meeting minutes, reports and correspondence in regard to the local authority's homeless services between 1 January 2023 and 30 April 2023: FOI release
Information requested
All meeting minutes, reports and correspondence between Scottish Government housing ministers, including Shona Robison and Paul McLennan (and their civil servants), and Glasgow City Council in regard to the local authority's homeless services between 1 January 2023 and 30 April 2023.
Response
I attach a copy of the information you requested, which is summarised in the table below.
Type of correspondence 1. Glasgow Homelessness Services response on TA use and UAO breaches clarification (11 January 2023) 2. Glasgow UAO breaches data for December 2022 (18 January 2023) 3. Letter from Cab Sec SJHLG to Cllr Casey: increased homelessness applications (1 February 2023) 4. Email to all LAs: monthly request for UAO breaches data for January 2023 (2 February 2023) 5. Email to all LAs: monthly request for UAO breaches data for February 2023 (7 March 2023) 6. Reply to Cab Sec SJHLG from Cllr Casey: increased homelessness applications (13 March 2023) 7. Glasgow UAO breaches data for February 2023 (28 March 2023) 8. Email to all LAs: monthly request for UAO breaches data for March 2023 (30 March 2023) 9. Introductory congratulatory letter to the Minister from Cllrs McLean and Casey (17 April 2023) 10. Tenant Grant Fund – GCC monitoring return for January to March 2023 (17 April 2023) 11. Meeting request to discuss the impact of local connection in Glasgow (26 April 2023)
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some the information you have requested. Section 38(1)(b) exempts the release of personal data of a third party, such as names and contact details. Disclosing this would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
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Meeting request to discuss the impact of local connection in Glasgow (26 April 2023) An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some the information you have requested. Section 38(1)(b) exempts the release of personal data of a third party, such as names and contact details. Disclosing this would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.