The briefings prepared for the Deputy First Minister with Lord Carloway: FOI release

Information requested

Please supply all items of information held in relation to the briefings prepared for the Deputy First Minister for his meetings, calls and video conferences with Lord Carloway, the Lord President of the Court of Session, about the Covid-19 Inquiry in October 2022, and all notes and records of these. 

The dates are the 2nd, 4th (twice), 5th, 11th, and 25th of October, as listed in the Scottish Government's ministerial engagements 

https://www.gov.scot/publications/ministerial-engagements-travel-and-gifts-october-2022/    This should include all material prepared for the Deputy First Minister in preparation for the meetings / calls / video conferences, including papers, emails and media clippings, and all notes and records of the meetings / calls / video conferences, including any media recordings and transcripts. 

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. 

An exemption under section(s) 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. This is because the information requested contains personal data of a third party, i.e. the names, contact details and e-mail addresses 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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Annex A documents to be released reference 202300338324

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