Written Question · S2W-15764 · Session 2
Whether any of the documents or files containing documents relating to the (a) Holyrood Inquiry and (b) Holyrood Project will be subject to…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the documents or files containing documents relating to the (a) Holyrood Inquiry and (b) Holyrood Project will be subject to the 30-year rule; if so, whether early release of such documents can be considered under its records management rules and, if so, on what date or dates their early release or, in the case of the first dated thereof, the early release of that document or file can be considered, and whether any person outwith the Scottish Executive will be consulted in relation to such decisions.
The answer
Under the Freedom of Information(Scotland) Act 2002, the 30-year rule no longer applies to any files. The only potentialbars to public access to information held on these files will be particular exemptionswhich might be applied under either FOI or the Data Protection Act 1998.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-15764 by reference.