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Climate Change Plan Monitoring Report: EIR release

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004


Information requested

Any briefing or speaking notes provided to the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy ahead of her ministerial statement on Tuesday 20 May 2025 on the Climate Change Plan Monitoring Report 2025.

Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between the office of the First Minister and the office of the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy regarding the Climate Change Plan Monitoring Report 2025. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 October 2024 and 9 April 2025 inclusive.

Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between Scottish Government officials with a rank of deputy director or higher regarding the Climate Change Plan Monitoring Report 2025. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 October 2024 and 9 April 2025 inclusive.

Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between the office of the First Minister and any Scottish Government official with a rank of deputy director or higher regarding the Climate Change Plan Monitoring Report 2025. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 October 2024 and 9 April 2025 inclusive.

Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between the office of the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy and any Scottish Government official with a rank of deputy director or higher regarding the Climate Change Plan Monitoring Report 2025. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 October 2024 and 9 April 2025 inclusive.

Response

Much of the information you have requested has been withheld. Regulation 10(4)(e) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 allows a Scottish public authority to withhold internal communications. The information we have identified for release, has been attached alongside this letter.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

FOI 202500467217 - Information Released - Annex

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

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