Briefing and correspondence regarding question S6O-05172 on protecting farmers from the threat of rural crime: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
1. Any briefing provided to Siobhian Brown in preparation of answering the general question with the question reference: S6O-05172.
2. Any correspondence sent to or from Siobhian Brown in preparation of answering the general question with the question reference: S6O-05172.
Response
Relating to part 1 of your request: Following a search of our records, the information you have requested can be found in Annex B of this response.
An exemptions under section 30(b)(i) applies to some of the information requested. The reason why these exemptions apply is explained in Annex A of this letter.
Relating to part 2 of your request: Following a search of our records, the information you have requested can be found in Annex B of this response.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information in both parts of your request because it is personal data of a third party 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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