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FOI/202500499806 · FOI · partially withheld

Correspondence between Transport Scotland and East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) regarding 20mph zones: FOI release

Published
2026-03-04
Received
2025-12-31
Responded
2026-01-26
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport
Exemptions
38(1), 34(1)

Information requested

I am seeking all information held ,sent or received in whatever format between Transport Scotland and East Dunbartoshire Council (EDC) Relative to the expansion of 20mph zones specific to EDC to include information on any funding application .

I would like the above information to be provided to me as electronic copies.

Response

Please find attached to this letter, FOI – 202500499806 – Annex A, which contains all the documents falling in the scope of your request, which we hold on record.

Please note within FOI – 202500499806 – Annex A there is reference to 3 additional documents (FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 1, FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 2 and FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 3) they are also attached to this letter.

Whilst we aim to provide the information wherever possible, some of the information in the attached FOI – 202500499806 – Annex A, FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 1, FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 2 and FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 3 has been redacted in line with the following FOISA exemption:

Section 38(1)(b) – Personal data relating to 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, ie 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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Detected exemption language

Whilst we aim to provide the information wherever possible, some of the information in the attached FOI – 202500499806 – Annex A, FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 1, FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 2 and FOI – 202500499806 Attachment 3 has been redacted in line with the following FOISA exemption: Section 38(1)(b) – Personal data relating to 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, ie 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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