FOI/202600517326 · FOI · partially withheld
Correspondence between Scottish Government and Scottish Refugee Council regarding voting rights: FOI release
Information requested
Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I request copies of all correspondence (emails, letters, meeting minutes) between Scottish Government ministers or officials and the Scottish Refugee Council between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2020 that discuss extending voting rights to foreign nationals or refugees in Scottish elections.
Response
Some materials you have requested can be located in Annex A of this document.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party 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.
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An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party 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.