The Scottish Government is today releasing documents in response to 2 Freedom of Information requests following a decision by the Scottish Information Commissioner. These documents relate to the introduction of the free personal care policy.
Scottish Ministers are fully aware of their responsibilities in relation to the Freedom of Information Act. Where we have applied an exemption we have done so reasonably and responsibly and in line with the Commissioner's decision.
The 1st request asked for:
- all minutes and notes of meetings between Scottish Executive Ministers and, or, officials about free personal care, up until June 2001;
- all correspondence including letters, memos, and emails between Scottish Executive Ministers and, or, officials about free personal care, up until June 2001;
- all correspondence including letters, memos, and emails from successive Finance Ministers to other Ministers and officials about free personal care; and
- all financial and statistical documents on the viability or otherwise of free personal care, up until June 2001.
The 2nd request asked for:
- all correspondence including letters, memos, and emails between the First Minister and, or, Scottish Executive officials and the UK government on free personal care, up until November 2001.
Schedule of Documents Released & Link to the Papers:
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
ATC/20/14/5/1 | | Email between officials | | 1 |
ATC/20/14/5/2 | | Minute between officials | | 2 |
ATC/20/14/5/3 | | Minute from Gillian Stewart to PS/ Mr Galbraith & PS/ Secretary of State | | 6 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
ATC/20/15/4/1 | | Email between officials | | 1 |
ATC/20/15/4/2 | | Minute from Liz Lewis to PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care | | 8 |
ATC/20/15/4/3 | | Minute from Liz Lewis to Deputy Minister for Community Care | | 12 |
ATC/20/15/4/4 | | Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care to PS/ Minister for Health | | 15 |
ATC/20/15/4/5 | | Minute from Jack McConnell to First Minister | | 16 |
ATC/20/15/4/6 | | Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care to First Minister | | 18 |
ATC/20/15/4/7 | | Email between officials | | 23 |
ATC/20/15/4/9 | | Minute between officials | | 24 |
ATC/20/15/4/10 | | Minute between officials | | 26 |
ATC/20/15/4/11 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Children and Education to PS/ First Minister | | 27 |
ATC/20/15/4/12 | | Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care to Dr Fraser | | 28 |
ATC/20/15/4/13 | | Email between officials | | 29 |
ATC/20/15/4/14 | | Minute from Susan Deacon to First Minister | | 30 |
ATC/20/15/4/15 | | Minute between officials | | 34 |
ATC/20/15/4/17 | | Minute between officials | | 36 |
ATC/20/15/4/18 | | Minute between officials | | 38 |
ATC/20/15/4/19 | | Email from David Bruce to Deputy Minister for Community Care | | 40 |
ATC/20/15/4/20 | | Minutes of Meeting - Ministers and Royal College of Nursing - 4/10/2000 | | 51 |
ATC/20/15/4/21 | | Minute from Chief Nursing Officer to PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care & PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care | | 52 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
ATC/20/15/5/1 | | Minute between officials | | 1 |
ATC/20/15/5/2 | | Minute between officials | | 3 |
ATC/20/15/5/3 | | Minute from Susan Deacon to First Minister | | 7 |
ATC/20/15/5/6 | | Minute from Angus McKay to First Minister | | 15 |
ATC/20/15/5/7 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture to PS/ First Minister | | 16 |
ATC/20/15/5/8 | | Minute of Meeting - Ministers and Age Concern - 4/10/2000 | | 17 |
ATC/20/15/5/9 | | Email between officials | | 19 |
ATC/20/15/5/10 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to PS/ First Minister | | 20 |
ATC/20/15/5/14 | | Email between officials | | 24 |
ATC/20/15/5/15 | | Email between officials | | 25 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
ATI/2/2/1/1 | | Minute from Thea Teale to Minister & Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 1 |
ATI/2/2/1/2 | | Minute from Thea Teale to Minister for Health and Community Care | | 7 |
ATI/2/2/1/3 | | Email between officials | | 17 |
ATI/2/2/1/4 | | Email between officials | | 18 |
ATI/2/2/1/5 | | Email between officials | | 20 |
ATI/2/2/1/6 | | Email from APS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to Ms Teale | | 21 |
ATI/2/2/1/7 | | Minute from Thea Teale to Minister & Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 22 |
ATI/2/2/1/8 | | Email between officials | | 24 |
ATI/2/2/1/9 | | Email between officials | | 25 |
ATI/2/2/1/10 | | Email between officials | | 26 |
ATI/2/2/1/11 | | Email between officials | | 27 |
ATI/2/2/1/12 | | Email from Gery McLaughlin to PS/ Minister & PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 28 |
ATI/2/2/1/13 | | Minute from PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care to Minister for Health and Community Care | | 30 |
ATI/2/2/1/14 | | Minute between officials | | 31 |
ATI/2/2/1/16 | | Paper from Susan Deacon with attachment | | 32 |
ATI/2/2/1/17 | | Minute from Angus McKay to Malcolm Chisholm | | 40 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
ATI 2/2/2/1 | | Email between officials | | 1 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/1/1 | | Email from between officials | | 1 |
DKT1/16/1/2 | | Email from PS/ Ian Gray to Thea Teale | | 6 |
DKT1/16/1/3 | | Email from Catherine Brown to PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care & PS/ Deputy Minister for Finance | | 9 |
DKT1/16/1/4 | | Email between officials | | 11 |
DKT1/16/1/5 | | Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care to Mrs Brown | | 13 |
DKT1/16/1/7 | | Email from Catherine Brown to PS/ Deputy Minister for Community Care | | 16 |
DKT1/16/1/8 | | Email between officials | | 17 |
DKT1/16/1/9 | | Email and draft motion from Thea Teale to PS/ Minister & PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 18 |
DKT1/16/1/10 | | Email between officials | | 21 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/1/1/1 | | Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care to Minister for Community Care | | 1 |
DKT1/16/1/1/4 | | Email from Godfrey Robson to Minister & Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 2 |
DKT1/16/1/1/5 | | Email between officials | | 3 |
DKT1/16/1/1/6 | | Email from Catherine Brown to PS/ Minister & PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 4 |
DKT1/16/1/1/8 | | Email between officials with attachment | | 5 |
DKT1/16/1/1/9 | | Minute from Godfrey Robson to Minister & Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 7 |
DKT1/16/1/1/10 | | Minute from Thea Teale to PS/ Minister & PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 8 |
DKT1/16/1/1/12 | | Email between officials | | 11 |
DKT1/16/1/1/13 | | Email between officials | | 12 |
DKT1/16/1/1/14 | | Email between officials | | 13 |
DKT1/16/1/1/16 | | Minute from Godfrey Robson to Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 14 |
DKT1/16/1/1/19 | | Email from Peter Stapleton to PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care | | 15 |
DKT1/16/1/1/20 | | Email between officials | | 16 |
DKT1/16/1/1/24 | | Email and Minute between officials | | 17 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/2/1/1 | | Email between officials | | 1 |
DKT1/16/2/1/2 | | Email between officials | | 2 |
DKT1/16/2/1/3 | | Email between officials | | 7 |
DKT1/16/2/1/4 | | Email between officials | | 12 |
DKT1/16/2/1/5 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to PS/ Minister for Social Justice | | 13 |
DKT1/16/2/1/6 | | Email between officials | | 14 |
DKT1/16/2/1/7 | | Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care to Minister for Health and Community Care | | 15 |
DKT1/16/2/1/8 | | Email between officials | | 16 |
DKT1/16/2/1/9 | | Email between officials | | 17 |
DKT1/16/2/1/10 | | Email from Gery McLaughlin to PS/ Minister & PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 20 |
DKT1/16/2/1/11 | | Email from Gery McLaughlin to PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 22 |
DKT1/16/2/1/12 | | Minute between officials | | 24 |
DKT1/16/2/1/13 | | Email between officials | | 25 |
DKT1/16/2/1/14 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Social Justice | | 27 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/4/1/1 | | PQ SIF-01115 | | 1 |
DKT1/16/4/1/2 | | Email between officials | | 4 |
DKT1/16/4/1/3 | | Email from APS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to PS/ Mr Chisholm | | 5 |
DKT1/16/4/1/4 | | Minute from Shaun Eales to PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care | | 6 |
DKT1/16/4/1/5 | | Email between officials | | 8 |
DKT1/16/4/1/6 | | Oral PQ - S10-03050 | | 9 |
DKT1/16/4/1/7 | | Email from Catherine Brown to PS/ Minister & PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 12 |
DKT1/16/4/1/8 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to PS/ Deputy Minister for Health | | 15 |
DKT1/16/4/1/9 | | CDG Workplan & Email from PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care to Mr Gallagher | | 16 |
DKT1/16/4/1/10 | | Email between officials | | 23 |
DKT1/16/4/1/12 | | Email between officials | | 24 |
DKT1/16/4/1/13 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to Ms Teale | | 25 |
DKT1/16/4/1/14 | | Minute from PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care to Minister for Health and Community Care | | 26 |
DKT1/16/4/1/15 | | Minute from Thea Teale to Minister & Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 27 |
DKT1/16/4/1/16 | | Email between officials | | 33 |
DKT1/16/4/1/17 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care to Mrs Brown | | 35 |
DKT1/16/4/1/18 | | Email from Mrs Brown to PS/ Minister for Health and Community Care | | 36 |
DKT1/16/4/1/19 | | Minute between officials | | 37 |
DKT1/16/4/1/20 | | Email from Thea Teale to Minister for Health and Community Care | | 38 |
DKT1/16/4/1/21 | | Minute from PS/ Mr Chisholm to PS/ Ms Baillie | | 39 |
DKT1/16/4/1/22 | | Email from Minister for Health to First Minister & Cabinet Minister | | 42 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT 1/16/5/1/1 | | Minute from Shaun Eales to PS/ Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | | 1 |
DKT 1/16/5/1/2 | | Email between officials | | 2 |
DKT 1/16/5/1/3 | | Email between officials | | 3 |
DKT 1/16/5/1/4 | | Email between officials | | 4 |
DKT 1/16/5/1/5 | | Email between officials | | 5 |
DKT 1/16/5/1/6 | | Email between officials | | 6 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/6/1/3 | | Additional info for CDG 1 meeting | | 1 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/6/3/8 | | Email between officials | | 1 |
DKT1/16/6/3/10 | | CDG Workplan | | 3 |
DKT1/16/6/3/11 | | Email between officials with attachment | | 15 |
DKT1/16/6/3/12 | | Email between officials | | 19 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/6/8/1 | | Notes and papers of CDG 8 meeting | | 1 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/6/9/2 | | CDG 28 papers | | 1 |
DKT1/16/6/9/4 | | Background papers for Meeting | | 22 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
DKT1/16/11/1/1 | | Email between officials | | 1 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
LGF1 | | Minute from David Palmer to PS/ Minister for Finance | | 1 |
LGF2 | | Email between officials | | 3 |
LGF3 | | Email from David Palmer to PS/ Minister for Finance | | 4 |
LGF7 | | Email between officials | | 6 |
LGF8 | | Email between officials | | 7 |
LGF9 | | Email between officials | | 8 |
LGF10 | | Email between officials | | 12 |
LGF11 | | Email between officials | | 13 |
LGF12 | | Email from PS/ Minister for Finance and Local Government to Graeme Dickson | | 15 |
LGF13 | | Email between officials | | 16 |
LGF14 | | Email between officials | | 17 |
LGF15 | | Email between officials | | 19 |
Paper Identifier | | Description of document | | Page number |
2 | | Letter from Dr Peter Collings Scottish Executive to Ros Dunn HM Treasury | | 1 |
3 | | Letter from John Mason Scottish Executive to Alan Wardle Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | | 3 |
4 | | Letter from Henry McLeish First Minister Scottish Executive to Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Department for Work & Pensions | | 4 |
5 | | Letter from Godfrey Robson Scottish Executive to Don Brereton Esq Department for Work & Pensions | | 5 |
6 | | Letter from Susan Deacon Minister for Health and Community Care to Rt Hon Alan Milburn Esq MP Secretary of State for Health | | 7 |
7 | | Letter from Shaun Eales Scottish Executive to R Reed Esq Department for Work & Pensions | | 9 |
8 | | Letter from Shaun Eales Scottish Executive to Mrs Alison Brook Department of Social Security | | 11 |
9 | | Letter from Shaun Eales Scottish Executive to Ms Jane Prust Department of Social Security | | 12 |