FOI/202200326416 Review of 202200316268 · FOI · partially withheld
National Treatment Centres correspondence: FOI review
Information requested
All written communication, including associated briefings, to and from Ministers for the past six months relating to the Scottish Government’s National Treatment Centres.
Response
In accordance with section 21(4) of FOISA, I have also reached a decision on your request.
I apologise for the delay in responding to you. At the time of receiving the original request and request for review, the team were dealing with a high volume of work and, due to pressures from other core business work coupled with the expansive nature of the request, it has unfortunately taken longer than expected to finalise a response.
I can now provide our response to your original request.
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in the attached documents.
Document number Document 01 FoI 202200316268 Collated Emails chains 02 NTC Update for Cab Sec on slippage March 2022 03 2022-04-13 Ministerial Visit Cabinet Secretary HSC 04 2022-04-13 Ministerial Visit Cabinet Secretary HSC 05 Document 34 Cab Sec Brief - NTC Ayrshire - 13 April 2022 A briefing for the visit to Ayr Hospital by Cabinet Secretary 06 Document 35 Ministerial Submission - NTC Highland Update - April 2022 07 Ministerial - Submission - NTC Highland Update June 08 NCTP - Cab Sec Seep Dive Session - July 2022 v4 ppt 09 Document 39 NTC Workforce - NTC Programme Deep Dive 11 July 2022 V3 word 10 Ministerial Submission NTC Programme FM updateAugust 2022) 11 NTCP - Ministerial Submission Programme update July 2022
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 s.29(1)(a) (policy formulation), s.30(b)(i) – free and frank provision of advice and s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply can be found in Annex A.
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Response In accordance with section 21(4) of FOISA, I have also reached a decision on your request. Document number Document 01 FoI 202200316268 Collated Emails chains 02 NTC Update for Cab Sec on slippage March 2022 03 2022-04-13 Ministerial Visit Cabinet Secretary HSC 04 2022-04-13 Ministerial Visit Cabinet Secretary HSC 05 Document 34 Cab Sec Brief - NTC Ayrshire - 13 April 2022 A briefing for the visit to Ayr Hospital by Cabinet Secretary 06 Document 35 Ministerial Submission - NTC Highland Update - April 2022 07 Ministerial - Submission - NTC Highland Update June 08 NCTP - Cab Sec Seep Dive Session - July 2022 v4 ppt 09 Document 39 NTC Workforce - NTC Programme Deep Dive 11 July 2022 V3 word 10 Ministerial Submission NTC Programme FM updateAugust 2022) 11 NTCP - Ministerial Submission Programme update July 2022 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 s.29(1)(a) (policy formulation), s.30(b)(i) – free and frank provision of advice and s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why these exemptions apply can be found in Annex A.