202200320877 · FOI · partially withheld
Emergency Budget Review policy forecasts: FOI release
Information requested
Please provide a copy of all documents which discuss the forecast reduction in patronage numbers and fare levels for concessionary travel. Please provide a copy of all documents which discuss the reduction in employability spend and take up of Phase 2 of No One Left Behind. Please provide a copy of all documents which discuss the lower cap on STEM bursary awards and the forecast reduction in applicants. Please provide a copy of all documents which discuss the income into the Scottish Consolidated Fund for further ScotWind revenues of up to £56m in 2022/23 from the ScotWind clearing process.
Please include copies of all correspondence, documents, reports, minutes, letters and emails, including that involving from ministers and the Scottish Government media office.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under sections 29(1)(a) (policy formulation), 29(1)(b) (Ministerial communications), 30(b)(i) (free and frank advice), 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views), and 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained below.
Where an attachment is mentioned in the text of an email and that attachment is relevant to the request, a page break has been inserted, meaning that the attachment is displayed on the page after the email which refers to it.
Where information has been redacted, I have said which exemption has been applied, apart from where section 38(1)(b) (personal information) has been used.
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Response While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under sections 29(1)(a) (policy formulation), 29(1)(b) (Ministerial communications), 30(b)(i) (free and frank advice), 30(b)(ii) (free and frank exchange of views), and 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA apply to that information. The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained below. Where information has been redacted, I have said which exemption has been applied, apart from where section 38(1)(b) (personal information) has been used.