Correspondence to and from General Teaching Council for Scotland: FOI release

Information requested

1. All John Swinney's correspondence to and from the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and their staff and/or Council members (including email, letter or any other communications which includes text, WhatsApp or any other means , and including a search of deleted items and all servers). The correspondence can be in Mr Swinney's MSP, Cabinet Secretary or DFM positions.
2. A note of all meetings Mr Swinney held with GTCS during his time as both Education Cabinet Secretary and DFM; along with agendas, attendance and minutes of those meetings.
3. A note of all calls Mr Swinney held with GTCS during his time as both Education Cabinet Secretary and DFM; along with agendas, attendance and minutes of those meetings.

Response

I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. The only redactions made are in respect of personal information under exemption 38(1)(b).

The documents are:

Doc no	Date	Description
1	14/6/2016	John Swinney letter to GTCS re teacher workload
2	17/6/2016	GTCS letter to John Swinney re teacher workload with attachments
3	Jan 2017	John Swinney letter to GTCS re registration issues
4	7/11/2017	John Swinney letter to Ken Muir inviting him to serve of Scottish Education Council
5	26/1/2018	Note of meeting between Mr Swinney and Ken Muir re possible changes to GTCS remit in Education Bill
6	15/1/2019	GTCS invite to John Swinney to attend National Probationer Event
7	Jan 2019	John Swinney reply re invite to National Probationer Event
8	28/1/2019	GTCS invite to John Swinney to attend Professional Learning Awards
9	February 2019	John Swinney reply re invite to Professional Learning Event
10	26/3/2019	Note of meeting between Mr Swinney and GTCS re College Lecturer Registration
11	31/1/2020	GTCS letter to John Swinney re College Lecturer Registration
12	26/2/2020	John Swinney reply to GTCS re College Lecturer Registration
13	19/3/2020	GTCS email to John Swinney re flexibilities for students and probationers during COVID
14	25/3/2020	John Swinney reply to GTCS re flexibilities for students and probationers during COVID
15	22/12/2020	GTCS email to John Swinney re briefing for GTCS on-line event

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