202300360936 · FOI · partially withheld
Correspondence regarding funding for the recruitment of 3,500 additional teachers: FOI release
Information requested
All correspondence between John Swinney and COSLA regarding funding for the recruitment of 3,500 additional teachers. All correspondence between Shirley-Anne Sommerville and COSLA regarding funding for the recruitment of 3,500 additional teachers.
Response
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Exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA apply to some of the information you have requested. 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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Exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA apply to some of the information you have requested. 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.