Lochaber Aluminium Smelter documentation: FOI Appeal

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


Information requested

Original request - 202100251093

I am seeking full disclosure of the attached document on the basis that the any claimed exemptions do not apply and that the public interest favours disclosure.

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2021/07/gupta-family-group-documentation-2016-to-2020/documents/commercial-documentation-relating-to-the-lochaber-aluminium-smelter-2016-to-2020/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/govscot%3Adocument/EY%2Bcomment%2B-%2B22%2BNovember%2B2016.pdf

Response

Further to your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner in relation to your request for:

“Full disclosure of the attached document on the basis that the any claimed exemptions do not apply and that the public interest favours disclosure. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2021/07/gupta-family-group-documentation-2016-to-2020/documents/commercial-documentation-relating-to-the-lochaber-aluminium-smelter-2016-to-2020/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/ernest--young-ey-comment-22-november-2016/govscot%3Adocument/EY%2Bcomment%2B%2B22%2BNovember%2B2016.pdf”

We wrote to you on 13 December 2023 releasing information previously withheld under section 38(1)(b). The Commissioner has now issued a decision 001/2024 wherein the Commissioner has concluded that 30(c) of FOISA did not apply to some of the information you requested. I have attached a revised copy of the advice note document which discloses the information required to comply with decision 001/2024.

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FOI 202100257792 - Information released - Annex

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