FOI/202500478155 · FOI · partially withheld
Corporate Operations Directorate created within the Scottish Government: FOI release
Information requested
A new Operations Directorate is being created within the Scottish Government. Under the FOI Act I’d like to request the following.
1. All board papers for the steering board. These should include but not limited to
Agendas Minutes Decision logs Papers
2. All board papers for the Working Group ‐ People. These should include but not limited to
Agendas Minutes Decision logs Papers
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in PDF format, you will find an overview at the end of this letter.
Exemptions under sections s.17, s.33(1)(b), s. 30(b)(i), s.30(c) and s.38(1)(b) of FOISA apply to some of the information you have requested. Exemption 38 (1)(b) applies to personal data included in some of the documents, exemption 33(1)(b) applies to commercially sensitive information, exemption s.30(b) (i) relates to documents containing internal advice around or sensitive operational decisions, s.30(c) relates to information that would undermine operational security or incident response protocols, and exemption 17 applies where there are no supporting papers for the meeting.
Overview of information provided: Corporate Operations Steer Co Date Agenda Papers 30 January 2025 Introductions Updates from Working groups Business services Reshaping the Directorates Shape Corporate Operations Structure Communications and Change Management People Finance, Governance and Risk Portfolio (written update taken from Teams) AOB Note of meeting: No. 6 Papers: No.1 No. 7 No. 11 No. 13 No. 15 No. 17 27 February 2025 Update from the Re-structuring the Directorates working group In scope Out of scope Edge cases for discussion Future of Working Groups Change management / comms update Note of meeting: No. 5 Papers: No. 9 No. 10 No. 12 No. 14 No. 16 25 March 2025 Reconfirm scope Communications Confirm which working groups to close Update on eProcurement discussions Structure Update AOB Note of meeting: No. 3 13 May 2025 None Note of Meeting: No. 2 26 June 2025 Update all on where we are in our approvals journey Aspirations for when we might be able to formally create Corporate Operations and what we’d need to do to re-visit the workstreams that were placed on hold Comms Note of Meeting: No. 4 Papers: No. 8
Working Group – People Date Agenda Papers 17 February 2025 Introductions Consider scope of the people workstream Agree roles and responsibilities, attendance Agree deliverables (high level) Agree dependencies between other workstreams Outline Restructuring & Reassignment policy Business Case – outline process Staff engagement Trade Union engagement Risks and Issues None - s.17 exemption 13 March 2025 None - s.17 exemption None - s.17 exemption 8 April 2025 Structure discussion and update on FTE position Initial mapping of roles Staff comms Culture and OD requirement None - s.17 exemption 20 May 2025 None - s.17 exemption None - s.17 exemption
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Exemptions under sections s.17, s.33(1)(b), s. 30(b)(i), s.30(c) and s.38(1)(b) of FOISA apply to some of the information you have requested. Exemption 38 (1)(b) applies to personal data included in some of the documents, exemption 33(1)(b) applies to commercially sensitive information, exemption s.30(b) (i) relates to documents containing internal advice around or sensitive operational decisions, s.30(c) relates to information that would undermine operational security or incident response protocols, and exemption 17 applies where there are no supporting papers for the meeting. 8 Working Group – People Date Agenda Papers 17 February 2025 Introductions Consider scope of the people workstream Agree roles and responsibilities, attendance Agree deliverables (high level) Agree dependencies between other workstreams Outline Restructuring & Reassignment policy Business Case – outline process Staff engagement Trade Union engagement Risks and Issues None - s.17 exemption 13 March 2025 None - s.17 exemption None - s.17 exemption 8 April 2025 Structure discussion and update on FTE position Initial mapping of roles Staff comms Culture and OD requirement None - s.17 exemption 20 May 2025 None - s.17 exemption None - s.17 exemption About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests.