FOI/202500480566 · FOI · partially withheld
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government defence spending statement: FOI release
Information requested
On 14th August 2025, The Times newspaper published a story headlined: Defence spending row as SNP accused of ‘wholly misleading’ figures. Please provide all internal Scottish Government discussion (involving Ministers, Civil Servants, Special Advisers, or Press Officers), by email or direct messaging applications, on the response statement from Shona Robison included in the Times story.
Response
I attach a copy of the information you requested. An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. The names of officials below the Senior Civil Service have not been released.
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Detected exemption language
An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested.