Publication - FOI/EIR release

Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise specific meetings correspondence: FOI release

Published: 13 April 2023
Directorate: Economic Development Directorate
Topic: Economy, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202200322000
Date received: 26 September 2022
Date responded: 24 October 2022

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

1) All internal and external correspondence within and sent or received by the Scottish Government including attached documents, meeting handouts, memos, briefings to ministers, attendee lists, location of meeting, notes, minutes, or OneNote memos, linked to the following meetings:

1a) Ivan McKee's meeting with Mubadala Investment Company on 23/03/2022.
1b) Ivan McKee's meeting with Sanjeev Gupta on 29/03/2022.
1c) Ivan McKee's meeting with Jeff Kabel (or Kable) on 01/04/2022.

Response

I will answer each of your questions in turn:

1a) I attach a copy of the information that you requested (see supporting documents 1). While our aim is to provide information wherever possible, in this instance certain information has been redacted under the following sections of FOISA. More information on this can be found in the annex of this letter. Some information has been redacted as it is out with the scope of your request.

1b) The documents relating to this meeting have been provided in FOI response 202200307644. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.

1c) I attach a copy of the information that you requested (see supporting documents 2).

While our aim is to provide information wherever possible, in this instance certain information has been redacted under the following sections of FOISA. More information on this can be found in the annex of this letter.

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