SIC Paul Hutcheon, a journalist with The Sunday Herald, asked the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (the SPCB) for a copy of David McLetchie MSP’s travel claims supporting mileage, air travel, car hire and taxis since 1999. Copies of the travel claims were provided to Mr Hutcheon, but information, including the taxi destinations, was redacted. Mr Hutcheon asked the SPCB to review its decision to redact the destination in the taxi invoices. The SPCB subsequently carried out a review, but upheld its original decision, advising Mr Hutcheon that releasing the information would contravene the Data Protection Act 1998. Mr Hutcheon subsequently applied to the Commissioner for a decision on whether the SPCB was correct not to provide the taxi destinations to him.
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[2005] ScotIC 033 – 2005
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Updated: 08 September 2022; Ref: scu.434766
