Bute House accommodation – benefit in kind: failure to respond within statutory timescales – On 5 November 2013, Mr Meikle made a request to the Scottish Ministers (the Ministers) asking if the First Minister’s residence (Bute House) is treated as a ‘benefit in kind’. This decision finds that the Ministers failed to respond to the request within the timescales allowed by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). The decision also finds that the Ministers failed to comply with Mr Meikle’s requirement for review within the timescales set down by FOISA
Citations:
[2014] ScotIC 038 – 2014
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Scotland
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Updated: 12 November 2022; Ref: scu.522725