FOI/202500476255 · FOI · not held
NHS Innovator Passport materials: FOI release
Information requested
Copies of any briefing packs, internal documents or communications prepared about NHS England’s NHS Innovator Passport which was launched in July 2025.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested as a pdf document.
Our aim is to provide information whenever possible. However, in this instance, some of the information you have requested is not held by the Scottish Government for the purposes of FOISA because we received it in confidence from the UK Government. However, you may wish to submit a new request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) to the UK Government Department of Health and Social Care at dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk who should be able to help you further.
The reasons why we do not have the information are explained in the Annex to this letter.
Annex
The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested
The Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have asked for because the Scottish Government is not responsible for NHS Innovator passports and information on this topic was received in confidence from the UK Government. The UK Government should have the information you are looking for.
As such, I hereby provide you with formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
An exemption applies
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Some information has been redacted due to containing personal information.
This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
An exemption applies, subject to the public interest test
An exemption under section 30(b)(ii) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Some information was redacted that included free and frank exchange of views.
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.
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Detected exemption language
As such, I hereby provide you with formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. An exemption applies An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. An exemption applies, subject to the public interest test An exemption under section 30(b)(ii) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’.