FOI/202400401157 · FOI · not held
Scottish Government's overseas offices: FOI release
Information requested
For each of the Scottish Government's overseas offices please provide, since Jan 1 2022, information about events held or hosted by the office for any purpose to which there were invited guests.
Please provide details of the purpose, date and place of the event, and a complete cost breakdown for each including but not limited to food, drink, entertainment, hire of room/venue etc.
Also please state if a Scottish minister or Cabinet Secretary attended and, if so, who.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested at Annex FOI 202400401157.
You will find further information on events in Scotland House Brussels which has already been published. The link is here for ease of reference.
Scottish Government events in Brussels: 2021 to 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under Section 17(1) of FOISA, I have to notify you that the Scottish Government does not hold some of the information you have requested.
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Detected exemption language
Scottish Government events in Brussels: 2021 to 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under Section 17(1) of FOISA, I have to notify you that the Scottish Government does not hold some of the information you have requested.