Correspondence regarding funding for the recruitment of 3,500 additional teachers: FOI release

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


Information requested

  1. All correspondence between John Swinney and COSLA regarding funding for the recruitment of 3,500 additional teachers.
  2. All correspondence between Shirley-Anne Sommerville and COSLA regarding funding for the recruitment of 3,500 additional teachers.

Response

I enclose a copy of some the information you requested.

Exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA apply to some of the information you have requested. 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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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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