FOI/202300378368 · FOI · partially withheld
Barnett consequentials and the UK Treasury swimming pool fund: FOI release
Information requested
All speaking notes, correspondence, texts and WhatsApp messages held by the Scottish Government pertaining to Barnett consequentials and the UK Treasury swimming pool fund:
a/ for Minister Siobhan Brown on June 29 2023
b/ and for Minister Joe FitzPatrick on September 27 2023.
Response
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An exemption under sections S.38(1)(b) Personal Information and S.29 Formation of Policy of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. These exemptions prevents us releasing the personal information of officials who are below the rank of Senior Civil Servant and allowing free and frank discussions to form policy.