Scottish Parliament Bureau correspondence regarding parliamentary business: FOI release

Information requested

1. Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between the office of the First Minister and the Scottish Parliament Bureau regarding parliamentary business for the Scottish Parliament in September 2025. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 July 2025 and 28 August 2025 inclusive.

2. Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between any Scottish Government official with a rank of deputy director or higher and the Scottish Parliament Bureau regarding parliamentary business for the Scottish Parliament in September 2025. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 July 2025 and 28 August 2025 inclusive.​​​​​​​

Response

Our searches have found the Scottish Government does not hold any correspondence between the office of the First Minister and the Scottish Parliament Bureau regarding parliamentary business for the Scottish Parliament for September between the dates of 1 July 2025 and 28 August 2025 inclusive.

Similarly, the Scottish Government does not hold any correspondence between any Scottish Government official with a rank of deputy director or higher and the Scottish Parliament Bureau regarding parliamentary business for the Scottish Parliament for September between the dates of 1 July 2025 and 28 August 2025 inclusive.​​​​​​​

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