Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, correspondence and media activity: FOI release

FOI reference: FOI/18/03252  
Date received: 5 November 2018 
Date responded: 5 December 2018

 

 

Any emails, discussions or correspondence (emails, typed or handwritten notes, letters, phone calls, minutes of meetings, documents or otherwise) in relation to the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers (HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales).

 

Any emails, discussions or correspondence (emails, typed or handwritten notes, letters, phone calls, minutes of meetings, documents or otherwise) in relation to any (proposed or otherwise) Scottish Government press or media activity to mark the launch of HMS Queen Elizabeth or the upcoming launch of HMS Prince of Wales.

 

 

I have prepared all the documentation your requested and included the following annexes for your attention:

 

ANNEX 1 E-mail – Disembarking Provisions from RFA Fort Rosalie to HMS Queen Elizabeth

 

ANNEX 2 First Minister’s Questions Briefing on HMS Queen Elizabeth Launch for first Sea Trials

 

ANNEX 3 E-mail regarding First Minister attending Queen Elizabeth naming ceremony

 

ANNEX 4 E-mail containing a draft copy and amended copy of the briefing for the First Minister to attend QE naming ceremony

 

ANNEX 4.1 Draft copy of briefing attached to e-mail in ANNEX 4

 

ANNEX 4.2 Amended copy of briefing attached to e-mail in ANNEX 4

 

ANNEX 5 E-mail containing Briefing for the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair work to attend the naming ceremony of HMS Prince of Wales. Also included UK shipbuilding Strategy briefing

 

ANNEX 5.1 Copy of briefing included in e-mail in ANNEX 5

 

ANNEX 5.2 Copy of UK shipbuilding Strategy included in e-mail in ANNEX 5

 

ANNEX 6 E-mail containing supplementary briefing and other Queen Elizabeth related documents

 

ANNEX 6.1 Supplementary briefing included in e-mail from ANNEX 6

 

ANNEX 6.2 Additional QE document included in the e-mail from ANNEX 6

 

ANNEX 6.3 Additional QE document included in the e-mail from ANNEX 6

 

ANNEX 7 PQ Question and answer

 

ANNEX 8 PQ Question and answer

 

ANNEX 9 PQ Background note

 

ANNEX 10 E-mail regarding Queen Elizabeth Visit Event 29 June

 

ANNEX 10.1 Blank attendee form attached to e-mail from Annex 10

 

ANNEX 10.2 Information about the invite to visit HMS Queen Elizabeth attached to e-mail from Annex 10

 

ANNEX 11 E-mail regarding Ministerial Quote for visit to the Prince of Wales aircraft carrier

 

ANNEX 12 E-mail regarding statement and social media release regarding HMS Queen Elizabeth

 

ANNEX 13 E-mail relating to press lines for HMS Prince of Wales naming ceremony

 

ANNEX 14 E-mail relating to Keith Brown statement and social media regarding HMS Queen Elizabeth

 

ANNEX 15 E-mails relating to tweets for HMS Queen Elizabeth

 

ANNEX 16 Shipbuilding Information 11-11-18

 

ANNEX 17 Correspondence received and recorded on our MACCS system

 

ANNEX 18 PS Minute

 

ANNEX 19 Two drafted replies for consideration to MACCS correspondence

 

ANNEX 20 Correspondence received and recorded on our MACCS system

 

ANNEX 21 PS Minute

 

ANNEX 22 Two drafted replies for consideration to MACCS correspondence

 

ANNEX 23 Reasons for not providing information

 

You will note that there are certain redactions which have been made to the documents provided in this response. These redactions have been made in line with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Further information on this can be found in Annex 23 and below.

 

 

The following exemptions apply to your request:

Section 38(1)(b)

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, ie names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 1998. 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. 

Section 25

Section 25 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act) exempts information from disclosure where the requester can reasonably obtain the

information without making a request for it.

Section 33

Section 33 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) contains four distinct exemptions. Information may be withheld if:

• it is a trade secret (section 33(1 )(a));
• disclosure would (or would be likely to) prejudice substantially the commercial interests of any person or organisation (section 33(1)(b));
• disclosure would (or would be likely to) prejudice substantially the economic interests of the whole or part of the UK (section 33(2)(a)); or
• disclosure would (or would be likely to) prejudice substantially the financial

interests of an administration in the UK (section 33(2)(b)).

 

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