FOI/202300366303 · FOI · not held
Ministerial car arrangements March 2023: FOI release
Information requested
1. Copies of any enquiries from ministers/representatives of ministers on whether the service would be available from the pub on March 23. 2. Any internal discussion within the SG over whether use of the car service for this event would be appropriate, and any responses to ministers/their representatives. 3. Any correspondence from the then First Minister, or any member of her private office, special advisor, or any other representative, on whether cars would or should be available. 4. The pick up/drop off times for each minister who was picked up from the Ghillie Dhu on March 23. 5. Whether any other person, other than the minister, were also taken in a car with them. If so, who these people were and at what time and where they were dropped off. Location can be a town/city, don't need exact addresses.
Response
1/2/3. The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. 4. Ministers made their own way to a private event at the Ghillie Dhu pub in Edinburgh therefore the Scottish Government does not hold ‘drop off’ times for Ministers. The Ministers listed below were picked up from outside this event for their journey home at the end of the working day. The ‘pick up’ times for the Ministers recorded by Scottish Government Car Service are as follows:
‘Pick up’ time Minister 23/03/2023 21:30 Tom Arthur 23/03/2023 21:00 Clare Haughey 23/03/2023 20:30 Neil Gray 23/03/2023 20:30 Mairi McAllan 23/03/2023 20:30 Michael Matheson 23/03/2023 21:00 Angela Constance 23/03/2023 20:00 Humza Yousaf 23/03/2023 21:30 Keith Brown 23/03/2023 20:30 Elena Whitham 23/03/2023 21:30 John Swinney 23/03/2023 21:30 Christina McKelvie 23/03/2023 21:30 Shona Robison
5. The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. About FOI
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Detected exemption language
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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