FOI/202400440912 · FOI · partially withheld
The replacement Beeslack High School: FOI release
Information requested
All communication between the Scottish Government/Ministers and Midlothian Council/councillors, both internal and external, regarding the replacement Beeslack High School, including on planning permission and funding.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in the documents in the Annex.
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 exemptions under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested as it relates to personal data. 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.
We have also removed information that is not relevant to your request.
Although it is the statutory duty of local authorities to manage and maintain their school estate, the Scottish Government remain committed to providing Midlothian Council with significant funding through the £2bn Learning Estate Investment Programme towards the replacement of Beeslack High School.
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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 exemptions under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested as it relates to personal data. 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.