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Correspondence between Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and Minister for Higher and Further education with James Withers: FOI release

Published: 19 October 2023
Directorate: Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate
Topic: Public sector
FOI reference: 202300360986
Date received: 9 June 2023
Date responded: 7 July 2023

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

All correspondence between the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and the Minister for Higher and Further education with James Withers.
All correspondence between the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and the Minister for Higher and Further Education regarding the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape conducted by James Withers.
All correspondence between the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, the Minister for Higher and Further Education and the cabinet regarding the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape conducted by James Withers.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in response to Questions 1 and 3.

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 an exemption(s) under section(s) s.30( c) (otherwise prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs) and s.38(1)(b) (personal information relating to a third party). The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

For Question 2, this is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

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