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FOI/202500470226 · FOI · partially withheld

Building a New Scotland series documentation: FOI release

Published
2025-08-06
Received
2025-06-11
Responded
2025-07-09
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector
Exemptions
29(1)

Information requested

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/note from meetings, briefings and analysis, about the Building a New Scotland series, from the last three months.

How much was spent on the abandoned papers in the series, with a breakdown of costs.

Response

Exemptions under Section 29(1)(a), 30(b)(ii) and 30(c) apply to the information requested. Items redacted under 29(1)(1) include 65 email discussions, and items redacted under 30(b)(ii) and 30(c) include 36 documents and attachments.

For part two of your request, costs of £9,371.45 had been incurred for a paper relating to Health within the Building A New Scotland series of papers. These costs related to standard pre-publication work undertaken by our publishers.

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Detected exemption language

Response Exemptions under Section 29(1)(a), 30(b)(ii) and 30(c) apply to the information requested.

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