· FOI · partially withheld
Meeting between FM and EU agricultural commissioner-Phil Hogan: FOI release
Information requested
Ministerial (Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing) and senior servant correspondence relating to the meeting between the EU agricultural commissioner Phil Hogan and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh on 20th May, with reference to Scottish Government delays to EU farming subsidy payments from between 13th May and 20th June.
Please note that we have interpreted these as being 2016 dates.
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 an exemption(s) under s.38(1)(b) (personal information) and s30(b)(i) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below.
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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 an exemption(s) under s.38(1)(b) (personal information) and s30(b)(i) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below. Reasons for not providing information An exemption applies. An exemption(s) under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some ofthe information you have requested. 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.