FOI/202400436296 · FOI · partially withheld
Closure of Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals correspondence: FOI release
Information requested
1. A copy of all the feedback that the Scottish Government received on the temporary closure of Creative Scotland’s Open Fund earlier this year.
2. A copy of all the feedback that the Scottish Government has received on the current delay to Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Fund.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. Please see attached your request in relation to the temporary closure of Creative Scotland’s Open Fund earlier this year.
Exemptions under sections s.38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested as explained below: An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names, professions and 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.
The Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested relating to Creative Scotland's Multi-Year Fund as we have not received any correspondence in relation to the delay. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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Detected exemption language
Exemptions under sections s.38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested as explained below: An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names, professions and 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. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.