EIR/202500477014 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Ministerial meetings with Scottish Water Executive Leadership Team: EIR release
Information requested
Details of any meetings held by Ministers with any of the Executive leadership team of Scottish Water between Jan 1st 2023 and 30th Jun 2025.
Details being dates , attendees and subjects discussed.
Scottish Water Executive leadership being the individuals listed below, or whoever may have held these positions at the time of the meeting.
Alex Plant - Chief Executive Peter Farrer - Chief Operating Officer Lynne Highway - Director for People Rob Mustard - Director of Capital Investment Simon Parsons - Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance Wendy Kimpton - Director of Strategy and Regulation Kes Juskowiak - Director of Transformation Chris Toop - Director of Digital Alan Dingwall – Chief Financial Officer Emma Campbell - Group Legal Counsel & Director of Governance Raymond Buchanan - Director of Corporate Affairs
Response
As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.
This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.
I enclose a copy of the information you requested at Annex A of this EIR response.
Annex A
Date Meeting Who With 24/01/2023 Dinner - Royal Botanic Gardens - Small Partnership Dinner/Burns Supper Humza Yousaf - FM Dame Susan Rice, Chair 06/06/2023 Introductory meeting with the Chair and new Chief Executive of Scottish Water Mairi McAllan - Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero & Just Transition Dame Susan Rice, Chair Alex Plant, Chief Executive 07/06/2023 Reducing sewage spills in Scotland Humza Yousaf - FM Mairi McAllan - Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero & Just Transition Dame Susan Rice, Chair Alex Plant, Chief Executive Simon Parsons, Director of Strategic Customer Service Planning 08/06/2023 SGoRR(M) - resilience Humza Yousaf – First Minister Shona Robison - DFM and Cabinet Secretary for Finance Angela Constance – Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs Kes Juskowiak 20/06/2023 Water scarcity Mairi McAllan - Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero & Just Transition Peter Farrer, Chief Operating Officer Kes Juskowiak, Water Operations General Manager 23/06/2023 Royal Highland Show - visit Scottish water stand Shona Robison - DFM and Cabinet Secretary for Finance Simon Parsons, Director of Strategic Customer Service Planning Rob Mustard, Director of Capital Investment 23/06/2023 Royal Highland Show - visit Scottish water stand Lorna Slater - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity Simon Parsons, Director of Strategic Customer Service Planning Rob Mustard, Director of Capital Investment 17/08/2023 Bonnycraig Water Treatment Works - Water Quality Mairi McAllan - Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero & Just Transition Alex Plant, Chief Executive Simon Parsons, Director of Strategic Customer Service Planning 12/09/2023 Biodiversity Lorna Slater - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity Alex Plant, Chief Executive Brian Lironi, Public Affairs Director 20/09/2023 Global Ethical Finance Initiative Reception, Edinburgh Castle Angus Robertson - Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Dame Susan Rice, Chair 07/08/2024 Visit to Scottish Water Intelligent Control Centre Gillian Martin - Acting Cabinet Secretary Net Zero and energy Alex Plant, Chief Executive Simon Parsons, Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance Andrew Walker, Head of Corporate Affairs 02/10/2024 Introductory meeting with new Chair Gillian Martin - Acting Cabinet Secretary Net Zero and energy Deirdre Michie, Chair 30/10/2024 Opening of Winchburgh Wastewater Treatment Work Gillian Martin - Acting Cabinet Secretary Net Zero and energy Alex Plant, Chief Executive Simon Parsons, Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance Rob Mustard, Director of Capital Investment Andrew Walker, Head of Corporate Affairs 06/11/2024 Water quality and monitoring Gillian Martin - Acting Cabinet Secretary Net Zero and energy Simon Parsons, Director of Strategic Customer Service Planning Andy Mortali 10/12/2024 Visit - Water of Leith - focus on overflow monitoring Gillian Martin - Acting Cabinet Secretary Net Zero and energy Simon Parsons, Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance Christine McDougall, Head of Public Affairs Scott Fraser, Head of Stakeholder Engagement 22/01/2025 Charges for 2025/26, long-term investment challenges, and pay negotiations John Swinney - FM Deirdre Michie, Chair Alex Plant, Chief Executive Raymond Buchanan 27/01/2025 Opening of Whiteadder Reservoir hydro scheme Paul MacLennan - Minister for housing Alex Plant (attended event) 05/03/2025 SRC 27-33; finance models; water policy for future including heat from sewers Kate Forbes - DFM and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic Alex Plant, Chief Executive Alan Dingwall Wendy Kimpton 20/05/2025 Pay negotiations Gillian Martin - Acting Cabinet Secretary Net Zero and energy Alex Plant, Chief Executive
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We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes.
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