Scottish Forestry social media management and social listening platform queries: FOI release

Information requested

1) Do you use a social media management platform?

2) If so, what tools do you use?

3) What is your annual spend on a Social media management tool?

4) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])?

5)Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform?

6) If so, what tools do you use?

7) What is your annual spend on a social listening / media monitoring tool?

8) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])?

Response

1) Do you use a social media management platform?

Scottish Forestry does not use a social media management platform.

2) If so, what tools do you use?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested. This is because we do not use a social media management platform.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested.

3) What is your annual spend on a Social media management tool?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested. This is because we do not use a social media management tool.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested.

4) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested. This is because we do not use a social media management tool.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested.

5) Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform?

Scottish Forestry does not use a social listening/media monitoring platform.

6) If so, what tools do you use?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested. This is because we do not use a social listening/media monitoring platform.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested.

7) What is your annual spend on a social listening / media monitoring tool?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested. This is because we do not use a social listening/media monitoring tool.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested.

8) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested. This is because we do not use a social listening/media monitoring tool.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Scottish Forestry does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we don't have the information are explained below/in the Annex to this letter.

ANNEX A

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)

REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION

Section 17 (a) of FOISA (information not held)

An exemption under section 17 (a) of FOISA applies to the information requested. Scottish Forestry is not required to provide information which it does not have. Scottish Forestry does not have the information you have requested because it does not use social media management platforms or social listening/media monitoring tools.

This exception is subject to the 'public interest test'. Despite not holding this information, we have a statutory obligation to apply this test. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption. While we recognise that there may be some public interest in information about whether Scottish Forestry is using social media management platforms and social listening/media monitoring tools, as we do not use them, we cannot provide information on them that we do not hold.

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