FOI/202000095872 · FOI · partially withheld
Internal communication relating to alternative college awards 2020: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for the following: 1. Any internal Scottish Government communications (including letters, emails, text messages, typed or hand written notes, phone calls) regarding the alternative 2020 awards model for the college awards (including HN Qualifications, NC, NPA, and NQ freestanding units).
2. Any communications between the Scottish Government and Colleges Scotland regarding this alternative awards model. I would like this information from 01 April 2020 to 10 August 2020.
Response
Enclosed is a copy of the information you requested (Annex A). 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, i.e. names, contact details, and other identifiable information, 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. Where reasonably practicable I have provided the correspondence in its original format, however for some documents the text has been extracted from its original format to assist with the redaction of information. There is no alteration to the content of the original text, except those redactions. About FOI
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Detected exemption language
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, i.e. names, contact details, and other identifiable information, 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.