FOI/202500455812 · FOI · partially withheld
Background Notes for Deputy First Minister Portfolio Questions: FOI release
Information requested
Copies of all background notes provided to Scottish Ministers for Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy & Gaelic Portfolio Questions sessions between*:
a. 1 January 2025 and 4 February 2025 b. 6 February 2025 and present date
*This refers to the date of the session, not date of provision of background note. The time period I want considered for the provision of background note should be from 1 March 2024 to present.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested.
Section 38(1)(b) applies because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names and contact details.
Disclosing this information 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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Detected exemption language
Response While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested. Section 38(1)(b) applies because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. Disclosing this information 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.