AGB Resourcing funding and meeting correspondence: FOI release

Information requested

1. The amount of money the Scottish Government has provided to AGB Resourcing, and for what purposes, in the financial years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.

2. How Humza Yousaf's meeting with the Director of Operations for AGB Resourcing was organised. Please all correspondence relating to the arrangement of this meeting.

3. All minutes, notes, recordings and/or actions taken as a result of this meeting. Please also list those who attended this meeting.

Response

1. The Scottish Government has not provided any money to AGB Resourcing in the financial years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.

2. Humza Yousaf did not meet with the Director of Operations for AGB Resourcing. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested relating to the request to meet and response declining a meeting.

3. As no meeting took place no information is held regarding a meeting between Humza Yousaf and the Director of Operations for AGB resourcing.

Exemptions under sections 30(b)(ii) and 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested as it relates to free and frank provision of advice and it contains third party personal data.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption.

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FOI 202400401380 - Information Released - Annex

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