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Meetings with Royal Bank of Scotland officials: FOI release
Information requested
1. A list of meetings between Scottish Government ministers or officials with Royal Bank of Scotland officials or executives between 1 December 2017 and today's date (8 February 2018)
2. Minutes of said meetings
3. Any correspondence between Scottish Government ministers or officials with Royal Bank of Scotland between 1 December 2017 and today's date (8 February 2018).
Response
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 s27(1) - information intended for future publication and s30(b)(ii) - free and frank provision of advice of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained below.
1. List of meetings
1 December 2017. Call between Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy and RBS. 13 December 2017. Meeting between Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy and RBS. 19 December 2017. Meeting of the Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB). 6 February 2018. Meeting between Keith Brown MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy and members of the banking sector.
Documents are attached below
Detected exemption language
Response 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 s27(1) - information intended for future publication and s30(b)(ii) - free and frank provision of advice of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained below. Documents are attached below Reasons for not providing information Section 27(1) - information intended for future publication An exemption(s) under section(s) s27(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. The exemption in section 27(1) allows public authorities to refuse to disclose information if they already plan to publish it within the next 12 weeks, but only if it is reasonable to delay disclosing the information until the planned date of publication. This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'.