FOI/19/01299 · FOI · partially withheld
Scottish Cosmetics Interspecialty Expert Group (SCIEG) high quality care sub-group: FOI release
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You asked to see all minutes if the SCIEG High Quality Care subgroup, chaired by Andy Malyon.
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Attached is a copy of some of the information you requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.
ANNEX REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION An exemption applies An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. The information is exempt from disclosure as it is 3rd party personal data. 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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While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter. ANNEX REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION An exemption applies An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies 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.