FOI/202600522692 · FOI · not held
List of meetings and engagements held by either the Cabinet Secretary for Justice or First Minister: FOI release
Information requested
A list of meetings and engagements (including telephone calls) held by either the
1. Cabinet Secretary for Justice or 2. First Minister
between 16 May 2026 and 19 May 2026 (inclusive).
Response
Under Section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
The First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs attended a meeting of the Scottish Parliament on 19 May 2026. The Official Report of that meeting, which details the proceedings and events that took place, is available here.
Question 1
This is a formal notice under Section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold the information you have requested. This is because the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs had no meetings outwith events in the Scottish Parliament on the dates referenced.
Question 2
Details of the meetings and engagements undertaken by the First Minister are provided in Annex A.
For future reference, you may wish to note that we publish details of all external engagement undertaken by Scottish Government ministers on our website here.
Annex A
A list of meetings and engagements (including telephone calls) held by the First Minister between 16 May – 19 May 2026 (inclusive):
Date Time Event 16/05/2026 09:10 – 11:00 General Assembly 18/05/2026 09:30 - 11:00 Visit: Clyde Gateway 18/05/2026 13:00 - 13:45 Meeting: Directors 18/05/2026 14:00 - 14:45 Meeting w/t Solicitor General 18/05/2026 17:45 - 18:45 Event: Free Church of Scotland General Assembly 19/05/2026 08:10 - 08:40 Media bid: BBC Radio 4 Today 19/05/2026 10:00 - 10:45 Meeting: Sir Tom Hunter, Founder & Ewan Hunter, CEO, The Hunter Foundation
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Detected exemption language
Response Under Section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Question 1 This is a formal notice under Section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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