FOI/202400405380 · FOI · partially withheld
Council Tax Freeze for Inverclyde Council - financial year 2024/25: FOI release
Information requested
Copies of all correspondence sent from Inverclyde Council for and behalf of elected members to the Scottish Government concerning the implementation of a Council Tax Freeze for Inverclyde Council for the financial year 2024/25. I would also like copies of the replies sent from the Scottish Government. I would like copies of correspondence in between and including the following dates: 15th January 2024 – 19th March 2024.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information.
ANNEX
REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION
An exemption applies
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) applies to some of the information you have requested.
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
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. ANNEX REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION An exemption applies An exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) applies to some of the information you have requested. 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.