Mr Frank French (Mr French) asked the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) for a copy of the information considered by the panel which dealt with the re-appointment of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO). In addition, he asked for copies of the correspondence between MSPs and the panel in respect of the re-appointment, and a copy of the objections from members of the public to the re-appointment. The SPCB withheld the information on the basis of a number of different exemptions in Part 2 of FOISA.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the SPCB had partially failed to deal with Mr French’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA, by misapplying section 30(c), 36(2) and 38(1)(b) to some of the information withheld from Mr French. He required the SPCB to provide redacted copies of some of the correspondence to Mr French which would show him the basis of the objections without identifying the individual members of the public.
Citations:
[2008] ScotIC 092 – 2008
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Updated: 04 April 2022; Ref: scu.434198