202200331391 · FOI · partially withheld
Scottish Government's 'Building a New Scotland - A stronger economy with independence' paper: FOI release
Information requested
Any correspondence, meeting minutes, briefings or notes, between the Scottish Government and Elaine Lorimer of Revenue Scotland, relating to their input in the Scottish Government's 'Building a New Scotland - A stronger economy with independence' paper, as referenced in the FOI response reference 202200325598.
Response
The information you have requested is enclosed in Annex A of this letter. An exemption under Sections 38(1)(b) (Personal Information) applies to a small amount of that information requested where redactions are shown.
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 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
An exemption under Sections 38(1)(b) (Personal Information) applies to a small amount of that information requested where redactions are shown. 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 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.