FOI/202500473831 · FOI · partially withheld
Financial Memorandum for the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill correspondence: FOI release
Information requested
Any correspondence between the Bill Team in the Scottish Parliament and civil servants relating to the drafting of the Financial Memorandum for the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you have requested, contained in the following documents:
Document 1 Emails between the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament relating to the subject of your request
Document 2 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 14 March 2023
Document 3 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 30 March 2023
Document 4 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 13 April 2023
Document 5 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 13 April 2023
Document 6 Final version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 20 April 2023
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some 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.
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Response I enclose a copy of the information you have requested, contained in the following documents: Document 1 Emails between the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament relating to the subject of your request Document 2 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 14 March 2023 Document 3 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 30 March 2023 Document 4 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 13 April 2023 Document 5 Draft version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 13 April 2023 Document 6 Final version of the Financial Memorandum for the Bill attached to an email dated 20 April 2023 An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some 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.