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FOI/202600511625 · FOI · partially withheld

Correspondence regarding Police Scotland's data recording systems: FOI release

Published
2026-05-08
Received
2026-03-18
Responded
2026-04-16
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Public sector
Exemptions
25(1), 38(1)

Information requested

(1) Any correspondence sent from Angela Constance or Siobhian Brown regarding Police Scotland's data recording systems since the start of 2026. (2) Any correspondence received by Angela Constance or Siobhian Brown regarding Police Scotland's data recording systems since the start of 2026.

Response

(1) Any correspondence sent from Angela Constance or Siobhian Brown regarding Police Scotland's data recording systems since the start of 2026.

Please see link below to the parliamentary question response issued by Cabinet Secretary Angela Constance, which is published on the Scottish Parliament website:

Written question and answer: S6W-42884 | Scottish Parliament Website.

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

(2) Any correspondence received by Angela Constance or Siobhian Brown regarding Police Scotland's data recording systems since the start of 2026.

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in Annex A (attached). An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Names and contact details of some recipients within the email in Annex A have been redacted for data protection purposes.

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Detected exemption language

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested.

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