Visitor Levy correspondence with Highland Council: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Copies of any correspondence relating to the new Visitor Levy between Scot Gov offices and Highland Council and in particular, any correspondence between Scot Gov offices and Skye Councillors.
Response
In response to your request, I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. We hold one email chain that is in scope of your request.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information you have requested. 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.
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Contact
Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG