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FOI/202400440194 · FOI · partially withheld

Meetings held by Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy: FOI release

Published
2025-01-20
Received
2024-11-11
Responded
2024-12-17
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector
Exemptions
25(1), 38(1)

Information requested

In June 2024, Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy, Christina McKelvie, met with several groups. I’d like to ask for the minutes from these meetings, if not included please also provide who attended and how long the meetings lasted.

Response

Attached are the five documents requested:

Notes from the Minister’s meetings, with the date the meeting took place.

5/06/24 - Derek Lewis, Community Alcohol Partnerships

12/06/24 - MSP roundtable on synthetic opioids

18/06/24 - Tracey McFall, CEO Scottish Recovery Consortium

26/06/24 - Cllr Paul Kelly, COSLA

27/06/24 - David Mansfield, Independent Consultant

For the meeting with the Community Alcohol Partnership on 5/06/24 : The information you have requested is available from the Scotch Whisky Association Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy. For all meetings: An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Information is exempt from disclosure if it is the personal data of a third party.

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Detected exemption language

5/06/24 - Derek Lewis, Community Alcohol Partnerships 12/06/24 - MSP roundtable on synthetic opioids 18/06/24 - Tracey McFall, CEO Scottish Recovery Consortium 26/06/24 - Cllr Paul Kelly, COSLA 27/06/24 - David Mansfield, Independent Consultant For the meeting with the Community Alcohol Partnership on 5/06/24 : The information you have requested is available from the Scotch Whisky Association Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. For all meetings: An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested.

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