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Named Person Bill evidence: FOI release
Information requested
1. Confirmation of contact between the Scottish Government and organisations or individuals providing evidence to the parliament's Education and Skills Committee regarding the proposed Named Person scheme (nb. a list of those noted in the official records as having provided evidence is included at the bottom of this email). Where contact did take place, please state the form of this contact (i.e. telephone calls, meetings, emails etc.)
NB: This request only relates to contact where the Named Person bill and its implementation, or the issue of funding for the organisations in question, were discussed.
2. Where contact did take place, please also provide copies of relevant documentation (minutes of meetings, notes of telephone calls, copies of email chains etc)
The date range for the above request is 1/6/2017 - present.
Response
1. I enclose a table containing the information requested in part 1. This can be found in Annex A.
2. Copies of relevant documentation which includes meeting notes and meeting summaries can be found in Annex B.
The following meetings fall under your request, however these have been previously published and can be found at – /publications/foi-17-02787/
NISG - 11/10/2017 Police Scotland - 17/10/2017 Care Inspectorate - 18/10/2017 Children and Young People Commissioner Scotland - 19/10/2017 CELCIS - 19/10/2017 Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice - 19/10/2017 Colleges Scotland - 23/10/2017 Draft Statutory Guidance Meeting - 25/10/2017 Joint meeting with Aberlour and Barnardo's - 26/10/2017
The following meetings which are outlined in the table in Annex A fall under section 17(1) of FOISA where information sought is not held by the Scottish Government;
Third Sector Meeting – 10/08/2017 Education Union and Membership Organisations – 24/08/2017 Scottish Parent Teacher Council – 16/09/2017 Scottish Guidance Association – 02/10/2017 (This was a phone call and no notes were taken of this communication) Scottish Prison Service – 03/10/2017 (This was a phone call and no notes were taken of this communication) The Deputy First Minister had a meeting with officials from the Royal College of Nursing – 11/10/2017 (No notes of this meeting were taken) Families Outside – 30/10/2017 (This was a phone call and no notes were taken of this communication) EIS – 7/11/2017
The above meetings fall under section 17(1) of FOISA due to the Scottish Government not holding the meeting notes that have been requested.
Additionally, please find attached copies of emails regarding the organisation of meetings to those outlined in the table in Annex A in Annex C.
Email communication between the following organisations can be found at - /publications/foi-18-02966/
Colleges Scotland Aberlour Barnardo's CELCIS Police Scotland Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice Children and Young People's Commissioner
Detected exemption language
The following meetings fall under your request, however these have been previously published and can be found at – /publications/foi-17-02787/ NISG - 11/10/2017 Police Scotland - 17/10/2017 Care Inspectorate - 18/10/2017 Children and Young People Commissioner Scotland - 19/10/2017 CELCIS - 19/10/2017 Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice - 19/10/2017 Colleges Scotland - 23/10/2017 Draft Statutory Guidance Meeting - 25/10/2017 Joint meeting with Aberlour and Barnardo's - 26/10/2017 The following meetings which are outlined in the table in Annex A fall under section 17(1) of FOISA where information sought is not held by the Scottish Government; Third Sector Meeting – 10/08/2017 Education Union and Membership Organisations – 24/08/2017 Scottish Parent Teacher Council – 16/09/2017 Scottish Guidance Association – 02/10/2017 (This was a phone call and no notes were taken of this communication) Scottish Prison Service – 03/10/2017 (This was a phone call and no notes were taken of this communication) The Deputy First Minister had a meeting with officials from the Royal College of Nursing – 11/10/2017 (No notes of this meeting were taken) Families Outside – 30/10/2017 (This was a phone call and no notes were taken of this communication) EIS – 7/11/2017 The above meetings fall under section 17(1) of FOISA due to the Scottish Government not holding the meeting notes that have been requested.