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FOI/202500475899 · FOI · partially withheld

Stop and search powers in Scotland: FOI release

Published
2025-10-20
Received
2025-07-14
Responded
2025-08-06
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector
Exemptions
29(1)

Information requested

Please provide copies of all correspondence, notes, minutes and similar in relation to the proposed abolition of consensual/non-statutory stop and search at Stages 2 and 3 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, as recommended in the Advisory Group chaired by then Solicitor Advocate John Scott.

Response

Following a search of our records, the information you have requested can be found in Annex B of this response.

Exemptions under sections 29(1)(a) and 30(b)(i) apply to some of the information requested. The reason why these exemptions apply is explained in Annex A of this letter.

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Detected exemption language

Exemptions under sections 29(1)(a) and 30(b)(i) apply to some of the information requested. The reason why these exemptions apply is explained in Annex A of this letter.

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