The GTCS was asked about a matter the Applicant had raised about the assessment and quality assurance procedures at the SQA.
The GTCS failed to treat this as a request for information subject to FOISA, but it did disclose information it held to the Applicant, with some redaction. The information was disclosed in full during the investigation.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the GTCS had failed to comply with a number of requirements of FOISA in handling the request. The GTCS identified the information falling within the request, but was wrong to withhold some information and failed to inform the Applicant of his rights. Given that the Applicant received the information requested during the investigation, the
Commissioner does not require the GTCS to take any action.
Citations:
[2019] ScotIC 173 – 2019
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
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Updated: 07 October 2022; Ref: scu.646107