Legal advice – sex offenders and housing applications – On 11 June 2014, Mr Howarth asked the Scottish Ministers (the Ministers) for legal advice relating to a recommendation about sex offenders applying for social rented housing.
The Ministers responded by withholding the information under section 36(1) of FOISA (as information subject to legal professional privilege). The Commissioner investigated and found that the Ministers were entitled to withhold the information under this exemption.
[2014] ScotIC 262 – 2014
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Updated: 27 December 2021; Ref: scu.542666