Support for private prisons

An order under section 5 of the Act brings privately managed prisons within the scope of FOI from 1 September2016. The Commissioner delivered a training event on 16 June 2016 to help the new bodies prepare. On this page we publish the training materials given to delegates at the event.

Delegate packs

The delegate packs contained:

Event programme

Setting up your FOI function: Guidance for Scottish public authorities new to FOI

Your Right To Know - A Guide to FOI in Scotland

Presentations

Introduction to FOI duties

Publishing information

Responding to information requests and reviews

Handout: is this an information request?

Requests for personal information and

 Commercial interests

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