FOI/202500491457 · FOI · partially withheld
Documentation held about 2024/25 Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERs) figures: FOI release
Information requested
Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received, minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, about 2024/25 GERS figures, between July 15 2025 and September 15 2025?
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.
Some of the information you have requested is available from the Scottish Government website at:
FOI 202500480327 FOI 202500480386
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
An exemption under Section 38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. The personal information of officials below the Senior Civil Services has been withheld.
This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption.
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Detected exemption language
Some of the information you have requested is available from the Scottish Government website at: FOI 202500480327 FOI 202500480386 Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. An exemption under Section 38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption. About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests.