FOI/202400442164 · FOI · partially withheld
Audit Scotland’s report on fiscal sustainability and reform: FOI release
Information requested
1. When the Scottish Government first received Audit Scotland’s report on fiscal sustainability and reform that was published on 21 November 2024. Please provide the exact date and time.
2. The first draft of Ivan McKee’s comments on the report and all subsequent drafts until the final version was approved and sent. Please provide the full correspondence starting from the date on which the first draft was written, include all comments and feedback from those involved in the drafting process up until the comments were signed off and sent to publications who requested a response on the report.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
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 s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. This exemption relates to personal information of 3rd parties of Scottish Government staff.
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
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 s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. This exemption relates to personal information of 3rd parties of Scottish Government staff. 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.