FOI/202400394739 · FOI · partially withheld
Correspondence discussing the response to FOI request 202200319758: FOI release
Information requested
Please provide copies of all internal Scottish Government email correspondence discussing the response to FOI request: FOI/202200319758.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
Exemptions under sections 38(1)(a) - personal data relating to the applicant and 38(1) (b) - personal data relating to a third party - of FOISA applies to some 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
Exemptions under sections 38(1)(a) - personal data relating to the applicant and 38(1) (b) - personal data relating to a third party - of FOISA applies to some 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.