FOI/202500460576 · FOI · partially withheld
Rent pressure zone and rent control information: FOI release
Information requested
1. How many councils have applied to the Scottish Government to implement rent pressure zones, could you supply their applications and the responses, i.e. whether it was accepted or rejected?
2. Could you supply all correspondence between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Greens, including minutes/notes from meetings, regarding rent controls, from the last three months?
Response
The answer to your question regarding rent pressure zones is there have been no rent pressure zones designated and no local authorities have applied.
The attached link provides information on rent pressure zones. Check if a property is in a Rent Pressure Zone - mygov.scot
I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. 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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An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. 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.