Correspondence between the Deputy Director of Propriety and Ethics and the former Permanent Secretary: FOI release

Information requested

All correspondence between Ashleigh Gray and Leslie Evans.

Response

In relation to your request, some of the information that you have requested is enclosed.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (Personal information) of FOISA applies to that information.

This exemption applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. email addresses, names, phone numbers etc., and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.

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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