EIR/202400405478 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) investigation regarding the bathing waters designation application process: EIR release
Information requested
All the information you hold relating to ESS' investigation, including but not limited to:
Copies of all correspondence between the Scottish Government and ESS in respect of the investigation. Copies of all notes from meetings between the Scottish Government and ESS in respect of the investigation. Copies of all notes of telephone calls between the Scottish Government and ESS in respect of investigation.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested in Annex A to this letter.
In reviewing the information some elements have been redacted as they fall under an exemption under regulation 11(2) (personal information) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs). While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are also unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exceptions under regulation 10(4)(e) (internal communications) and regulation 10(5)(d) (confidentiality of proceedings) of the EIRs apply to that information. The reasons why those exceptions apply are explained in Annex B to this letter.
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Detected exemption language
In reviewing the information some elements have been redacted as they fall under an exemption under regulation 11(2) (personal information) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs). While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are also unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exceptions under regulation 10(4)(e) (internal communications) and regulation 10(5)(d) (confidentiality of proceedings) of the EIRs apply to that information.