Documentation that mentions council strikes: FOI release

Information requested

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, etc, mention council strikes from the past three months.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested; please see three PDF documents attached to this email.

While our aim is to provide information wherever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information because of exemptions under section 38(1)(b) relating to personal information, section 30(b)(i) relating to free and frank provision of advice and section 30(c) relating to the effective conduct of public affairs. Some material has also been redacted because it is out of scope, either because it is outwith the timescale of your request or does not relate to industrial action.

Exemptions under sections 30(b)(i) and 30(c) are subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption in order to avoid any prejudicial impact on future Local Government pay negotiations.

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FOI 202500449178 - Information released - Annex

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