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FOI/202300390689 · FOI · partially withheld

Correspondence on Scottish Government 17th December 2023 social media post: FOI release

Published
2024-05-20
Received
2023-12-20
Responded
2024-01-11
Directorate
Public Spending Directorate
Topic
Public sector
Exemptions
30

Information requested

All internal Scottish Government correspondence in which civil servants have raised questions about the truthfulness or appropriateness of this tweets/post from the official @scotgov Twitter/X account on 17th December 2023:

https://x.com/scotgov/status/1736370730051195272?s=46&t=y9v1mXDn2DQJqjCpgZcKXg

Response

I enclose a copy of a letter sent by the Permanent Secretary to Mr Murdo Fraser on 21/12/2023 which addresses the accuracy and impartiality of the tweet in question.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide all of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s.30(b)(free and frank provision of advice) of FOISA applies to that information.

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Detected exemption language

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide all of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s.30(b)(free and frank provision of advice) of FOISA applies to that information.

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