Transport Scotland correspondence regarding CalMac Ferries Ltd offshore workforce: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for information relating to the use by CalMac Ferries Ltd of offshore crewing or payroll arrangements, including Caledonian MacBrayne Crewing (Guernsey), between the dates of 1 January 2022 and 30 June 2023.

Response

A copy of the information you have requested is provided in Annex A to E.

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 exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) applies.

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information you have requested because it is personal data of a third party (i.e. names and contact details of individuals), 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. The Scottish Government has a general approach of disclosing information about senior members of staff, releasing details of those within senior civil service roles and officials with relatively senior roles that are public facing, but withholding those details for more junior members of staff.

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FOI 202600499829 - Information Released - Annex A - E

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