FOI/202500481512 · FOI · partially withheld
British Steel assistance meeting and briefing materials: FOI release
Information requested
All minutes/notes from meetings and briefings about the UK Government stepping in to help British Steel, between April 5 2025 and April 17 2025.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested as a PDF.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance some of the material is being withheld under exemptions outlined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Section 38(1)(b) – personal data
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While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance some of the material is being withheld under exemptions outlined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). Section 38(1)(b) – personal data This exemption applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names and contact details, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.