202300341516 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Preparation of briefing to Cabinet Secretary regarding cladding issues: FOI release
Information requested
the briefing to the Cabinet Secretary in support of the statement internal correspondence relating to the preparation and follow-up for the statement internal correspondence relating to the preparation of the supporting press release, Working together to fix cladding issues, Published 12 May 2022 https://www.gov.scot/news/workingtogether- to-fix-cladding-issues/
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Response
Regarding your request, enclosed within this release is the briefing to the Cabinet Secretary with redactions under Regulation 10(4)(d) material in course of completion, unfinished documents or incomplete data, and Regulation 10(5)(e) – substantial prejudice to confidentiality of commercial or industrial information apply to some of the information within the brief. This information has been redacted from the brief.
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We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. Response Regarding your request, enclosed within this release is the briefing to the Cabinet Secretary with redactions under Regulation 10(4)(d) material in course of completion, unfinished documents or incomplete data, and Regulation 10(5)(e) – substantial prejudice to confidentiality of commercial or industrial information apply to some of the information within the brief.