Correspondence on “Right Care, Right Person” initiative: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Correspondence sent by or to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 1 January 2021 to date relating to “Right Care, Right Person” or “Right Care Right Person” which is being trialled by police forces in England.
Response
Following a search of our records, the information you have requested can be found in Annex B of this response.
It may be helpful to note that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has answered a written PQ on this policy. I have provided the link to the published answer below.
Written question and answer: S6W-34863 | Scottish Parliament Website
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party 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.
Exemptions under sections 29(1)(a) and 30(b)(i) apply to some of the information requested. The reason why these exemptions apply is explained in Annex A of this letter.
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
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