· FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Climate Justice Innovation grant applications and associated budgets: EIR release
Information requested
You asked for copies of the successful Climate Justice Innovation Grant applications and their corresponding budgets, under Freedom of Information.
Response
As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.
This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.
I enclose a copy of the information you requested.
Title Detail File Type Size Annex A Aquatera Application PDF 317.6KB Annex B Aquatera Final Budget Excel 643.5KB Annex C Challenges WW Application PDF 282.5KB Annex D Challenges WW Final Budget Excel 59.4KB Annex E Community Energy Scotland Application PDF 511.8KB Annex F Community Energy Scotland Final Budget Excel 61.2KB Annex G Leith Crops in Pots Application PDF 465.9KB Annex H Leith Crops in Pots Final Budget Excel 49.1KB Annex I Malawi Fruits CJIF Application PDF 530.6KB Annex J Malawi Fruits CJIF Final Budget Excel 58.3KB Annex K Tearfund Mhuju Fall Armyworm Application PDF 805.9KB Annex L Tearfund Mhuju Fall Armyworm Final Budget Excel 191.7KB
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 an exception under Regulation 11.2 (personal data relating to a third party) of the EIRs applies to that information. The reasons why that exception applies are explained below.
Reasons for not providing information
An exception under regulation 11.2 of the EIRs applies to some of the information you have requested. This exception applies because the documents released contain the personal data including names and contact details, of third parties.
This exception is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exception. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exception. We recognise that there is some public interest in release. However, this is outweighed by the public interest in withholding the personal data of third party individuals.
Detected exemption language
We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes.