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Loans made to third parties for amounts in excess of £1.5m: FOI review
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I have determined that we were entitled to respond under section 25(1) of FOISA because a list of all loans is publically available on the Scottish Government website. In terms of part (2) of your request, I acknowledge that we did not provide the information in the level of detail you had requested, nor did we apply an exemption to that information. However, I am unable to provide the further details requested in respect of loan facilities and equity investments over £1.5 million as noted in the table because exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (personal data) section 30(c) (effective conduct of public affairs), and section 33(1)(b) (commercial interests) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained below. Reasons for not providing information An exemption under section 30(c) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested including the names of the recipients and the purposes of the loans in cases 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12.