Correspondence relating to Education Reform: FOI release

Information requested

Could I please request the following under Freedom of Information legislation:

What correspondence (e-mails and letters) has the Scottish Government had from the public regarding the Scottish education reform from 9 March 2022 to current?

Response

Please find below the information requested from 9 March 2022 to 15 March 2022

Type of Correspondence	Date Received	Summary of Request
General	09/03/2022	Enquiry about the independence of a proposed future inspectorate of schools.
Freedom of Information	09/03/2022	Enquiry about any payments made to Professor Muir and his Expert Panel as part of independent work on education reform.
General	10/03/2022	Request for printed copies of the Education Reform documents published on Scottish Government website on 9 March 2022.
Freedom of Information	10/03/2022	Enquiry as to whether current Education Scotland board of management will automatically be transferred to any proposed new agency, or whether they will be able to apply for jobs in the new agency.
Freedom of Information	10/03/2022	Enquiry as to whether current Scottish Qualifications Authority board of management will automatically be transferred to any proposed new agency, or whether they will be able to apply for jobs in the new agency.

For the purposes of “the public” we have interpreted this as any individual who was not already in contact with the Scottish Government as part of ongoing stakeholder engagement with the education reform process.

The Freedom of Information requests referred to above will be published on the Scottish Government website.

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