Scottish Child Payment: Service Level Agreement between Scottish Ministers and The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

18. Freedom of Information Requests, Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Correspondence and ‘Treat Official’ Correspondence

18.1 Each Party is to follow existing processes and obligations for requests to that Party, and having regard to the ‘MoU on Devolution’ as well as ‘the Concordat between Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Government’ as referenced in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.

18.2 Each Party will assist and cooperate with each other where appropriate to enable each to meet its obligations.

18.3 This Agreement does not supersede any legal obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoI(S)A).

SG FOI(S)A contact

FoI@gov.scot

DWP FOI contact

freedom-of-information-request@dwp.gov.uk