Transport Minister correspondence with the UK Government and its agencies: FOI release

Information requested

Copies of all correspondence between Fiona Hyslop MSP (Transport Minister) since her appointment and the UK Government and its agencies.

Response

I enclose a copy of all the information you requested. Exemptions under Section 38(1)(b) (Personal Information) of FOISA apply to some of the information requested. The reasons why this exemption applies is explained in the Annex of this letter.

Annex A

Section 38(1)(b) – personal data of a third party

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in 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.

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FOI 202300387211 - Information Released - Annex

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111 page PDF

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