Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Defence Exhibition and Conference documentation in 2025: FOI release

Information requested

"All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including minutes/notes from meetings, correspondence sent and received (including internal), briefings, analysis, advice, about Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Defence Exhibition and Conference in 2025."

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.

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 an exemption under section s38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reason why that exemption applies is explained below.

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 an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to a some of the information, being the personal data of a third party, i.e. the names and personal information of officials from bands A-C have been removed as well as personal information of individuals from other organisations.

Disclosing such 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 202600510026 - Information Released - Annex

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