Closure of the Constitutional Futures Division: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Any internal communications (emails, briefings or memos etc) discussing the closure of the Constitutional Futures Division and its merger into the Constitution Directorate between 1 November 2024 and 31 January 2025.
Response
The information you have requested is located in attachment A.
An exemption under Section S30C applies to some of the information requested. The reason why this exemption applies is explained in Annex B of this letter.
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.
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG