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The new Scottish National Standardised Assessments: FOI review
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Response I have reviewed each of the e-mail attachments withheld under section 30 (b) or 38 (1) and in most instances I have judged the exeption to have been applied appropriately. These exemptions are subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, I have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemptions. I have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemptions. Premature disclosure of this type of information could lead to a reduction in the comprehensiveness and frankness of such advice and views in the future, which would not be in the public interest.In a small number of instances I consider that information contained in these attachments was withheld under section 30(b) innappropriately and I have attached these documents with appropriate redactions at Annex A.