Correspondence from parents and headteachers on topic of P1 assessments: FOI release

FOI reference: FOI/18/02459
Date received: 12 September 2018  
Date responded: 11 October 2018

 

 

You asked for the following information:
 
Details of any correspondence (emails, typed or handwritten notes, letters, phone calls, documents or otherwise) from parents or headteachers to John Swinney on the topic of P1 assessments in 2017 or 2018.
 

 

Some of the information you have requested is available from our website and I have included the relevant links below. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
 
/publications/foi-18-01829/
 
/publications/foi-18-01458/
 
/publications/foi-18-01457/

 

I have also attached two separate pdf files with additional information. 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 under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reason why that exemption applies is explained below.

 

 

An exemption applies.
 
An exemption under section 25(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information requested – Information otherwise accessible. As this information is already in the public domain, we are not required to provide it.
 
An exemption under section 38(1) (b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested because it is personal data of a third party, ie names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles set out in article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. 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.