Prospectus for Independence meeting at Bute House: FoI release

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


Information requested

On 30th May 2022, a meeting was held at Bute House which was described as “a focused policy discussion about fiscal policy to test in detail the propositions in this area which are to be addressed in the updated prospectus for independence.”
Please provide a list of all persons who attended this meeting. For those who cannot be named, please list their positions.
Please also provide all internal Scottish Government communications or documents which discussed who should be invited to the 30th May 2022 meeting.

Response

Details of the attendees of this meeting you refer to, which jointly covered fiscal policy and currency, have previously been published and can be found at:
Policy meetings regarding potential Independence Referendum: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

After conducting searches of our records, a small amount of information discussing who should be invited to this meeting has been identified, and this is enclosed in the Annex of this letter.

About FOI

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FoI 202300373210 - Information released

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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