Information

Scottish Parliament election: 7 May. This site won't be routinely updated during the pre-election period.

Building a New Scotland series documentation: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/note from meetings, briefings and analysis, about the Building a New Scotland series, from the last three months.

How much was spent on the abandoned papers in the series, with a breakdown of costs.

Response

Exemptions under Section 29(1)(a), 30(b)(ii) and 30(c) apply to the information requested. Items redacted under 29(1)(1) include 65 email discussions, and items redacted under 30(b)(ii) and 30(c) include 36 documents and attachments.

For part two of your request, costs of £9,371.45 had been incurred for a paper relating to Health within the Building A New Scotland series of papers. These costs related to standard pre-publication work undertaken by our publishers.

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.

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

Back to top