2021 Scottish Parliamentary elections correspondence: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
From 1 August 2020 to present:
Copies of all correspondence (emails, texts, whatsapp message, briefings, memos, notes, handwritten notes, minutes of calls, minutes of meetings and/or otherwise) from and/or to Special Advisors and/or civil servants regarding using the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary elections as a mandate for independence.
Response
We have identified one item of information in scope of your request which is attached in Annex A of this letter.
An exemption under Section 38(i)(b) (Personal Information) of FOISA applies to some of the information requested. The reasons why this exemption applies is explained in Annex B of this letter.
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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