Conversion therapy/practises meeting: FOI Review

Information requested

Original request: 202600503365

All information and meeting notes regarding a meeting held with the Scottish Youth Parliament in regards to ending conversion practices in Scotland around March 2024. The meeting was with Emma Roddick MSP (then the Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees). As well as any outcomes from that meeting.

Response

All information and meeting notes regarding a meeting held with the Scottish Youth Parliament in regards to ending conversion practices in Scotland around March 2024. The meeting was with Emma Roddick MSP (then the Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees). As well as any outcomes from that meeting.

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I have concluded that the original decision should be substituted.

The original response erroneously provided information in relation to a meeting with "LGBT Youth Scotland" whereas the request related to a meeting between Ms Roddick, the then Minister for Equalities and the "Scottish Youth Parliament". I apologise for that unintentional error.

The appropriate searches have now been undertaken and established that Ms Roddick attended a workshop with the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) on 5 April 2024.

I enclose a copy of the emails between Scottish Government officials and SYP officials concerning the preparation for the workshop and follow up actions. This is enclosed as Annex A.

I also enclose a copy of the summary report prepared by SYP officials following the workshop. This is enclosed as Annex B.

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. the 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.

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FOI 202600507640 - Information released - Annex A

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FOI 202600507640 - Information released - Annex B

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