Report Summary
Issued 22 April 2025, this FOI review upholds the Authority's decision in 2024/25-116 which provides correspondence held regarding Assistant Chief Constable pay and explains that some information is exempt as this is third-party personal data or not within scope of this request.
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Response
The Scottish Police Authority has considered your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA).
The decision has been reviewed by an independent reviewer who was not involved in the original decision-making process.
We can confirm that the original decision is upheld for the following reasons:
The review has been requested as the applicant states that it appears not all information requested has been supplied and the redactions extend beyond those which may be reasonably applied to cover any exemptions.
Having considered the request and response the reviewer is satisfied that all information requested has been supplied and the redactions have been made appropriately, either because the information is exempt, or because the information was not within the scope of the request.
In relation to the examples highlighted by the requester, we can advise the following:
1. Information provided at Item 6 of the response (an email titled ACC PAY from a gov.scot email address), was sent and dated 17 February 2025 10:52. Due to an administration error when compiling the response, the date and time of the email entered was copied from information provided at Item 2. We apologise for this error and will review the relevant processes to mitigate this occurring again.
The proposed letter referred to in the correspondence has been produced at Item 4 in the response.
For clarity, the complete email trail with the correct date and time, and the proposed letter are provided with this response.
2. The email sent at 15:36 on 12 February 2025 from an spa.police.uk email address to Fiona McQueen relates to two separate matters, one of which is ACC Pay. The information relating to the other matter has been redacted. The part of the email that relates to ACC pay is seeking endorsement of a proposed letter, which is included in the email chain, and to which Fiona McQueen responds in her email at 16:16.
The same two matters are addressed in the email to the gov.scot address at 15:02 on 12 February 2025, and similarly the information not related to ACC Pay has been redacted due to being out with the scope.
Information has been redacted appropriately, either because it was not related to the request or because it contained personal information. The decision therefore is that the original response and decision is upheld.
