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Some of the information you have requested is available online at the following weblinks: Some of the information provided within internal correspondence is copies of correspondence from or to the Infected Blood Inquiry which was released in response to your previous FOI request – see https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-18-03401/ Letter from Sir Brian Langstaff to Paul Gray, Chief Executive NHS Scotland and Director-General for Health and Social Care – https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-12-12%20-%20Second%20Letter%20to%20Chief%20Executive%20of%20NHS%20Scotland.pdf Consultation documents from the Inquiry regarding the Inquiry’s terms of reference – https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180307-Infected-Blood-Inquiry-Consultation-Letter-.pdf https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-03-02-Consultation-on-the-Terms-of-Reference.pdf Inquiry Chair’s letter to David Lidington regarding the draft terms of reference - https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/Letter-from-Chair-to-CDL-1.pdf https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/Terms-of-Reference-Infected-Blood-Inquiry.pdf https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/Summary-of-consultation-responses.pdf Statement from the Inquiry regarding waiving legal professional privilege - https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/news/inquiry-chair-welcomes-waiving-legal-privilege-department-health-and-mhra CMO letter of September 2016 regarding testing patients for hepatitis c - https://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2016)17.pdf Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. 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 exemptions under sections 37(1)(b)(i) and (ii) (for purposes of an inquiry), 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchanges of views), 30(c) (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs), 36(1) (legal advice) 28(1) (relations within the UK) and 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why those exemptions applies are explained in the Annex A (below) to this letter. Reasons for not providing information (Annex A) An exemption applies. Exemptions under sections 37(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of FOISA apply to some the information you have requested.