Constitutional Futures Division documents mentioning the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: FOI Release

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


Information requested

Please provide any Scottish Government documents or correspondence involving the Constitutional Futures Division and mentioning the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), 19th June 2023 - date.

Response

One item of correspondence from 19 June 2023 has previously been published by the Scottish Government in response to a Freedom of Information request. Please see Annex A in the link below for further details. An exemption under S.38(i)(b) of FOISA was applied to some of this information, and continues to apply. The reason why this exemption applies is explained in ANNEX B of this letter.

Correspondence mentioning the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Some of the other information requested has also previously been published in response to another Freedom of Information request. Please see the link below for further details. The exemptions applied in this publication continue to apply, the reasons why these exemptions apply are explained in ANNEX B of this letter.

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear weapons and NATO membership: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Finally, after conducting searches across our records, some other information was also identified, and is enclosed in ANNEX A of this letter. Exemptions under S.30(c) and S.38(i)(b) of FOISA applies to a small amount of this information. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained in ANNEX B of this letter.

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FOI 202400423236 - Information Released - Annex

Contact

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
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