Correspondence between Scottish Government officials and Founder of Tax Policy Associates: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
“For the period 1st January 2023 - date, please provide copies of all email correspondence between the Scottish Government (including ministers, civil servants, and special advisers) and Dan Neidle, Founder of Tax Policy Associates.”
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
An exemption under section s.38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Contact details of Scottish Government officials and TAG members have been redacted.
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