Correspondence regarding The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht book: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
1. Any correspondence sent from John Swinney, Kaukab Stewart, Shirley-Anne Somerville or Angus Robertson to the editors of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last year.
2. Any correspondence received by John Swinney, Kaukab Stewart, Shirley-Anne Somerville or Angus Robertson from the editors of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last year.
3. Any correspondence sent to Scotland’s National Library from Angus Robertson on the subject of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last six months.
4. Any correspondence received by Angus Robertson from Scotland’s National Library on the subject of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last six months.
5. The number of copies of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ held by the Scottish Government?
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we don't have the information are explained below.
1. Any correspondence sent from John Swinney, Kaukab Stewart, Shirley-Anne Somerville or Angus Robertson to the editors of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last year.
Sent as a separate attachment.
2. Any correspondence received by John Swinney, Kaukab Stewart, Shirley-Anne Somerville or Angus Robertson from the editors of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last year.
Sent as a separate attachment.
3. Any correspondence sent to Scotland’s National Library from Angus Robertson on the subject of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last six months.
None held. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
4. Any correspondence received by Angus Robertson from Scotland’s National Library on the subject of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ in the last six months.
None held. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
5. The number of copies of the book ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’ held by the Scottish Government?
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information.
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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