FOI/202100257792 review of 202100251093 · FOI · partially withheld
Lochaber Aluminium Smelter documentation: FOI Appeal
Information requested
Original request - 202100251093
I am seeking full disclosure of the attached document on the basis that the any claimed exemptions do not apply and that the public interest favours disclosure.
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2021/07/gupta-family-group-documentation-2016-to-2020/documents/commercial-documentation-relating-to-the-lochaber-aluminium-smelter-2016-to-2020/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/govscot%3Adocument/EY%2Bcomment%2B-%2B22%2BNovember%2B2016.pdf
Response
Further to your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner in relation to your request for:
“Full disclosure of the attached document on the basis that the any claimed exemptions do not apply and that the public interest favours disclosure. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2021/07/gupta-family-group-documentation-2016-to-2020/documents/commercial-documentation-relating-to-the-lochaber-aluminium-smelter-2016-to-2020/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/govscot%3Adocument/EY%2Bcomment%2B%2B22%2BNovember%2B2016.pdf”
We wrote to you on 13 December 2023 releasing information previously withheld under section 38(1)(b). The Commissioner has now issued a decision 001/2024 wherein the Commissioner has concluded that 30(c) of FOISA did not apply to some of the information you requested. I have attached a revised copy of the advice note document which discloses the information required to comply with decision 001/2024.
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Detected exemption language
Information requested Original request - 202100251093 I am seeking full disclosure of the attached document on the basis that the any claimed exemptions do not apply and that the public interest favours disclosure. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2021/07/gupta-family-group-documentation-2016-to-2020/documents/commercial-documentation-relating-to-the-lochaber-aluminium-smelter-2016-to-2020/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/govscot%3Adocument/EY%2Bcomment%2B-%2B22%2BNovember%2B2016.pdf Response Further to your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner in relation to your request for: “Full disclosure of the attached document on the basis that the any claimed exemptions do not apply and that the public interest favours disclosure. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2021/07/gupta-family-group-documentation-2016-to-2020/documents/commercial-documentation-relating-to-the-lochaber-aluminium-smelter-2016-to-2020/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/govscot%3Adocument/EY%2Bcomment%2B%2B22%2BNovember%2B2016.pdf” We wrote to you on 13 December 2023 releasing information previously withheld under section 38(1)(b).