Publication - FOI/EIR release

Meetings with Teach First: FOI review

Published: 13 December 2017
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

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

FOI reference: FOI/17/01247
Date received: 26 September 2017
Date responded: 16 October 2017

Information requested

Response to appeal of review of FOI/17/01247

Further to my letter of 4 December you asked for clarification on some matters concerning your appeal to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner (OSIC) on 2 September about your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for communications between the Scottish Government and Teach First.

Response

Please accept my apologies that the versions of the documents sent in my letter of 4 December did have a different style of redactions to those sent earlier to you and that some additional names were redacted. These documents have now been revised to reflect what was given to you at the review stage plus the unredacted text. In the three documents with redactions there has been a small bleeding of ink which could not be avoided but has not obscured any relevant text.

We have also decided to release the full text in document 23 and are no longer applying section 30(c) "otherwise prejudice effective conduct of public affairs".

I have revised the table to reflect these changes. The revised documents are attached to this letter.

Doc no.	Date	Description	Exemption(s) / Exception(s)	Format	Size
2	04.04.17	Email from Teach First to Scottish Government	Section 38 (1) (b)	PDF	91KB
4	15.03.17	Email from Teach First to Scottish Government	Section 38 (1) (b)	PDF	79KB
4a	15.03.17	Teach First proposed programme development timeline	n/a	PDF	106KB
7	10.01.17	Briefing pack for Deputy First Minister to meet Teach First	Section 38 (1) (b)	PDF	363KB
9	21.09.16	Briefing pack for First Minister to meet Teach First	n/a	PDF	289KB
16	01.03.14	Note of meeting with Teach First and others on 25 February 2014	n/a	PDF	103KB
18	30.01.14	Briefing pack for Cabinet Secretary to Teach First	n/a	PDF	833KB
20	19.07.13	Letter from Teach First to Cabinet Secretary re meeting	n/a	PDF	37KB
23	01.06.12	Submission to Cabinet Secretary on Teach First	n/a	PDF	46KB
24	01.05.12	Letter from Cabinet Secretary to Teach First	n/a	PDF	22KB
25	13.04.12	Email exchange	n/a	PDF	52KB
25a	13.04.12	Letter from Teach First to Cabinet Secretary	n/a	PDF	154KB
37	09.05.17	Letter from Teach First to Deputy First Minister	n/a	PDF	131KB
38	10.01.17	Document presented to Deputy First Minister	n/a	PDF	254KB
39	18.01.17	Teach First briefing pack	n/a	PDF	500KB

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