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FOI/202400425188 · FOI · partially withheld

Information on the statement made by the First Minister on 23rd May 2024: FOI release

Published
2024-09-24
Received
2024-08-03
Responded
2024-09-02
Directorate
Digital Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
38(1)

Information requested

All correspondence and notes of phone calls or meetings, involving the Office of the First Minster on the subject of a false statement he made in parliament on 23rd May 2024 in answering a question from Lorna Slater MSP at FMQs.

Response

I enclose a copy of the information you requested.

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to names or personal data that might identify individuals.

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

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to names or personal data that might identify individuals. 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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