Correspondence regarding Chief Executive of Children's Hearings Scotland term of appointment: FOI release

Information requested

“Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act, I would like copies of all correspondence held by Scottish government about the Chief Executive of Children's Hearings Scotland having their term of appointment, which was due to expire on 06 October 2024, extended.”

Response

Some of the information you requested is available from the links below:

The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011: Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (legislation.gov.uk)

Civil Service Commission – Recruitment: Recruitment - Civil Service Commission (independent.gov.uk) 

Civil Service Code: Civil Service Code - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

On Board: A Guide for Members of Statutory Boards: On Board: A Guide for Members of Statutory  Boards - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed above, then please contact us again and we will send you a paper copy.

I enclose a copy of the information you requested – please see Annex B.

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 exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (Personal information of third party) of FOISA applies to that information. This is 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.

Exemptions under section 36(1) (Claim to Confidentiality of Communications) and section 30(b) (Free and Frank Provision of Advice or Exchange of Views) also apply. The reasons why these exemptions apply are explained in Annex A of this letter.

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FOI 202400438045 - Information Released - Annex B

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