FOI/202300385453 · FOI · partially withheld
Email correspondence between Scottish government ministers or special advisers and Sir Brian Souter: FOI release
Information requested
(1) Email correspondence between Scottish government ministers or special advisers and Sir Brian Souter, or anyone on his behalf, since June 2023.
(2) The minutes of any meetings between Scottish government ministers or special advisers and Sir Brian Souter since June 2023.
Response
Question (1)
I enclose a copy of most the information you requested as an attachment. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained below.
Question (2)
I enclose a copy of most the information you requested as an attachment. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained below.
Reasons for not providing information
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because in questions (1) and (2) because it is personal data of a third party 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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Detected exemption language
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained below. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained below. Reasons for not providing information An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because in questions (1) and (2) because it is personal data of a third party 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.