Project Chestnut correspondence: FOI release

Information requested

Any correspondence on Project Chestnut since January 1, 2023, to date among Senior Civil Servants, Special Advisers or Ministers.

Response

I refer to your correspondence of 22 August 2023 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) requesting the information below. We are acutely aware of the length of delay our response and would ask that you accept our apologies.

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 enables a the right to ask Scottish public authorities for information held, subject to various provisions and exemptions. It's important to note that the right applies to information, not to documents.

While our aim is to provide information wherever we can, on this occasion after reviewing the information on a line-by-line basis we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested as statutory exemptions under FOISA apply. Details on what exemptions apply and why can be found in the annex attached.

Some of the information you have requested has been published online and can be found using the links below:

DG Co-ordination - Enterprise & Environment.dot (parliament.scot)

Please see documents 11 and 12 from FOI 202300357016:
Ferguson Marine Due Diligence Assessment: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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 websites listed, then please contact me again and I will arrange for you to be sent a paper copy.

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FOI 202300372636 - Information released - Annex

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FOI 202300372636 - Information released - Documents

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