Publication - FOI/EIR release

Transfer from Area Tourist Board to Scottish Network: FOI release

Published: 19 January 2018
Directorate: Culture and Major Events Directorate
Topic: Arts, culture and sport, Public sector

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

FOI reference: FOI/17/03055
Date received: 8 December 2017
Date responded: 11 January 2018

Information requested

You asked for minutes of meetings, contemporaneous notes and correspondence which refer to the Tourist Information Centres (TICs)/Visitor Information Centres (VICs) taken over by VisitScotland in 2005/2006 from Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs Tourist Board (AILLSTB). In particular any correspondence between the then Ministry for Tourism, Culture and Sport and the AILLSTB regarding the property portfolio.

Response

I enclose documents and emails, relevant to your request. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible some information, bank details and personal information, has been redacted under FOISA, sections 33(1)(b) and 38(1)(b) respectively.

Documents released:

Annex	Title	Format	Size
A	Network Tourist Boards-Information	PDF	322.1KB
B	Enterprise Culture Committee Report	PDF	127.5KB
C	Email Correspondence-Lynn Hamilton & Mark Ashton	PDF	235.5KB
D	Transfer of Responsibility Letters	PDF	477.3KB
E	European Structural Funds Notification Forms A	PDF	245.7KB
F	European Structural Funds Notification Forms B	PDF	9.2MB
G	European Structural Funds Notification Forms C	PDF	7.9MB
H	European Structural Funds Notification Forms D	PDF	8.2MB
I	European Development Fund-Certificate of Acceptance	PDF	2.7MB
J	Email correspondence John Brown to Ken Neilson	PDF	249.0KB

Due to the file size of Annex F,G & H, copies can be provided on request by emailing ceu@gov.scot, quoting the FOI reference number FOI/17/03005

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