Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government publications and requests: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
From 1 January 2023 to present, copies of all reports which the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government had discretion over publication, was given the option of publication, and declined to publish.
Along with this, please provide communications relating to this decline to publish.
From 1 January 2023 to present, a list of all requests for comment (such as from Journalists) to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government which were declined.
Response
Following requests for clarification, you confirmed that you would like these materials from the date of 8 May 2024, when the position of Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government was established.
Response to your request – Part 1
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. The reasons why we do not have the information are explained in Annex A to this letter.
Response to your request – Part 2
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b)(personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained in Annex A.
About FOI
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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