Direct communication between the First Minister and Permanent Secretary and their associated offices: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Under FOI, I would like to request all documentation exchanged between the (1) First Minister and his office, and (2) Joe griffin and his office from 01 December to the date of this FOI.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is not where either party have been copied to a chain of emails. This is specifically about direct communication between the offices. If you take the view that this would be above the cost limit, please tell me the number of instances that this communication has occurred so I can round down a time frame.”
Response
Please find attached requested documents in Annex B.
Some exemptions have been applied of which are outlined in Annex A.
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Contact
Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG