FOI/202400421823 · FOI · partially withheld
Communications regarding publication of Planning Your Own Funeral Guide booklet: FOI release
Information requested
"All communication with the printing unit regarding cost of publication and dates of publication and number of copies produced IE batch with dates” in relation to the Planning Your Own Funeral: Guide booklet which has appeared in libraries.
Response
I have enclosed a copy of the information you have requested.
The Scottish Government published the first version of the Planning Your Own Funeral: Guide booklet in 2017. This was published and distributed by external organisation The APS Group (Scotland) at a cost of £19,281.27 with 110,000 copies created to be distributed to local authorities and organisations. This works out at approximately 17.5p per copy.
An updated version of this document was published on 1 August 2019 to include information on Funeral Support Payment.
An exemption applies under Section 38 (1)(b) – Personal data relating to a third party
An exemption under Section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. the names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. 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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An exemption applies under Section 38 (1)(b) – Personal data relating to a third party An exemption under Section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. the names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. 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.