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FOI/202500492487 · FOI · partially withheld

Correspondence with Trade Unions relating to team agreements: FOI release

Published
2026-02-10
Received
2025-11-06
Responded
2025-12-05
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
38(1), 34(1)

Information requested

ALL external correspondence with TRADE UNIONS from the past 3 months about TEAM AGREEMENTS

Response

I have provided you with redacted copies of all external correspondence with Council of Scottish Government Unions (CSGU) from the 6 August 2025 to 6 November 2025 covering Team Agreements;

Document 1: 6 August 2025 - DRAFT: Scottish Government Hybrid Working Policy v 6 [for CSGU] Document 2: 7 August 2025 - Final bundle - hybrid policy and guidance documents Document 3: 7 August 2025 - Team Agreements Document 4: 8 August 2025 - Final bundle - hybrid policy and guidance documents Document 5: 8 August 2025 - DRAFT: Scottish Government Hybrid Working Policy v 6 [for CSGU] – PCS COMMENTS Document 6: 8 August 2025 - Team Agreements – PCS COMMENTS Document 7: 27 August 2025 - FDA draft comms - hybrid working Document 8: 15 October 2025 - Notes and actions from CSGU call on Team Agreements

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, e.g. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in 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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Detected exemption language

Information requested ALL external correspondence with TRADE UNIONS from the past 3 months about TEAM AGREEMENTS Response I have provided you with redacted copies of all external correspondence with Council of Scottish Government Unions (CSGU) from the 6 August 2025 to 6 November 2025 covering Team Agreements; Document 1: 6 August 2025 - DRAFT: Scottish Government Hybrid Working Policy v 6 [for CSGU] Document 2: 7 August 2025 - Final bundle - hybrid policy and guidance documents Document 3: 7 August 2025 - Team Agreements Document 4: 8 August 2025 - Final bundle - hybrid policy and guidance documents Document 5: 8 August 2025 - DRAFT: Scottish Government Hybrid Working Policy v 6 [for CSGU] – PCS COMMENTS Document 6: 8 August 2025 - Team Agreements – PCS COMMENTS Document 7: 27 August 2025 - FDA draft comms - hybrid working Document 8: 15 October 2025 - Notes and actions from CSGU call on Team Agreements An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, e.g. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in 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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