· FOI · partially withheld
Meeting between First Minister and Professor Joseph Stiglitz: FOI release
Information requested
All communications in the request for a meeting, organisation of the meeting and communications between Prof Joseph Stiglitz and the First Minister and April 3, 2017. Any notes or minutes taken during the meeting. All briefing documents made for the First Minister in advance of the meeting.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you requested in point 1 of your request about communications relating to the organisation of the meeting and all of the information you requested in point 3.
A small amount of information has been redacted from the enclosed e-mails about the organisation of the meeting because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested in point 1 of your request or any of the information requested in point 2 . The reasons why we don't have the information are explained below.
Detected exemption language
A small amount of information has been redacted from the enclosed e-mails about the organisation of the meeting because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below.