FOI/202500464189 Review of 202500459761 · FOI · partially withheld
Briefing materials and minutes for the zonal pricing meeting: FOI Review
Information requested
Original request 202500459761
Copies of briefing materials and minutes of the 26 February 2025 meeting between Scottish Government Ministers and Officials regarding zonal pricing.
Response
I have now completed my review of our response to your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for:
Copies of briefing materials and minutes of the 26 February 2025 meeting between Scottish Government Ministers and Officials regarding zonal pricing.
In your request for review you said:
‘Please review the above referenced FOI response (202500459761) on the basis that the exemptions justifying the redactions have been far too liberally applied. For example: there are tables in which even the column headings have been redacted, which is patently unjustifiable.’
I have taken your request into account in conducting this review and I have concluded that the original decision should be confirmed with modifications meaning that some of the previously redacted information you requested has now been released. I enclose a copy of this information. Some of the information you requested has not been released as I have concluded that in some cases the original exemptions have been applied in line with FOISA. The exemptions applied can be found in Annex A.
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Detected exemption language
In your request for review you said: ‘Please review the above referenced FOI response (202500459761) on the basis that the exemptions justifying the redactions have been far too liberally applied. Some of the information you requested has not been released as I have concluded that in some cases the original exemptions have been applied in line with FOISA. The exemptions applied can be found in Annex A.