Hamilton report materials: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
All correspondence, briefings and minutes/notes from meetings between Fergus Ewing and the Scottish Government regarding the James Hamilton report into Nicola Sturgeon, from the last 12 months.
Response
In relation to your request, some of the information is enclosed.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested due to an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA.
Section 38(1)(b) applies because it is personal data of a third party, for example names of individuals or other personal data, 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