Names of Officials Who Provided Advice To Ministers – On 25 August 2014, Mr Bruce Sandison asked the Scottish Ministers (the Ministers) for information from communications between Marine Scotland and the Scottish Government relating to the effect of sea lice infestations at marine salmon farms on populations of wild salmonids.
The Ministers provided some information to Mr Sandison, but withheld other information under various exceptions. In his request for review, Mr Sandison challenged the decision to withhold the names of those individuals who had provided advice to Ministers. Following a review, Mr Sandison remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Ministers had responded to Mr Sandison’s request for information in accordance with the EIRs. This was because the Ministers correctly applied the exception in regulation 11(2) to the names being withheld. She did not require the Ministers to take any action.
[2015] ScotIC 082 – 2015
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Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.550856
