Copy of a statement of reasons – Mr Beck requested from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (the SCCRC) the statement of reasons issued by the SCCRC in relation to a named individual. The SCCRC responded by advising Mr Beck that it considered the information to be exempt from disclosure in terms of section 26(a) of FOISA due to a prohibition on disclosure contained in section 194J of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (the CPSA). Following a review, Mr Beck remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner accepted that the SCCRC was prohibited from disclosing the information requested by Mr Beck, and so had correctly applied the exemption in section 26(a) of FOISA to the information.
Citations:
[2011] ScotIC 155 – 2011
Links:
Scotland, Information
Updated: 23 September 2022; Ref: scu.447380
