Overcrowding concerns at railway stations: FOI release

Information requested

Any correspondence, including briefings for Scottish Ministers or Transport Scotland officials, about health and safety concerns resulting from overcrowding concerns at railway stations, since January 2024.

Response

Please see Annex A to this letter, containing a document which falls in the scope of your request.

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemption under section 38(1)(b) (Personal data of a third party) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why this exemptions applies are explained below:-

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, i.e. names and contact details of individuals, 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 202400430600 - Information released - Annex A

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