FOI/202600522620 · FOI · partially withheld
Correspondence between Minister for Higher Education and Dundee University: FOI release
Information requested
All correspondence between Higher Education Minister Ben Macpherson and Dundee University from January 2026 onwards.
This should include any official documents, memos, emails, minutes or notes from meetings, along with any other relevant correspondence.
Response
I enclose, at Annex A, copies of the information held by the Scottish Government within the scope of your request for correspondence between Mr Ben Macpherson and Dundee University from January 2026 onwards.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it comprises personal data relating to third parties. Disclosure of this information would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
This exemption is not subject to the public interest test and therefore we are not required to consider whether the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
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Detected exemption language
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it comprises personal data relating to third parties. Disclosure of this information would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the public interest test and therefore we are not required to consider whether the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.