Research into attitudes to the union, Scottish devolution and Scottish indpendence

The request was refused by Scotland Office.

Dear Scotland Office,

This is a freedom of information request.

Please supply me with the following information. Please note there are a number of parts.

1. How much has the Scotland Office spent on commissioning research or polling into UK citizen's attitudes toward the union, Scottish devolution and Scottish independence in the last three years? Please use a broad interpretation of research. For example, this should include, but should not be limited to, consultation, focus groups, desk research, social listening, persona development or other qualitative methods, as well as more formal surveys and polling.

2. Please provide an itemised breakdown of any expenditure where one or more studies or polls have been commissioned. This should include details of the supplier, the date commissioned, the cost, and a short summary of the work undertaken.

3. Please supply any outputs of research into the topic of the Union, Scottish Devolution and Scottish Independence, held by the Scotland Office - even if it was commissioned by another public sector body or government department. This could include reports, statistical tables, electronic presentations, or audio and video recordings of interviews.

Wherever possible, I would prefer not to receive the requested information in pdf format files. Please supply data in a machine readable format such as MS Excel or CSV.

To be clear, I do not seek any records that relate to the internal policy response or discussions civil servants may have generated in relation to these research materials. Just the research itself.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Ally Tibbitt

Scotland Office

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Dear Mr Tibbitt,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – OUR REF  DB 1827

 

 

Thank you for your email of 8 August which is being treated under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.  We aim to issue you with a response by 6
September but in the meantime if you have a query regarding the request
please contact me.

 

 

 

 

[1]SoS   FOI Officer | Dover House |
Whitehall | London | SW1A 2AU
|

[2]@UKGovScotland |
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[4]Keep up to date with UK
Gov activity in Scotland here

 

 

 

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Scotland Office

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Dear Mr Tibbitt,

 

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Please see response to your Freedom of Information request below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1]SoS   FOI Officer | Dover House |
Whitehall | London | SW1A 2AU
|

[2]@UKGovScotland |
[3]facebook.com/ukgovscotland
[4]Keep up to date with UK
Gov activity in Scotland here

 

 

 

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Dear Scotland Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Scotland Office's handling of my FOI request 'Research into attitudes to the union, Scottish devolution and Scottish indpendence'.

I am disappointed that so little information has been released on the detail of the research results. These results in themselves should not fall within a 35(1)(a) exemption of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act),

Yours faithfully,

Ally Tibbitt

Scotland Office

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Dear Mr Tibbitt,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – OUR REF DB 1827

Please see attached outcome to your internal review request.

Thank You

 
FOI Officer | Dover House | Whitehall | London | SW1A 2AU |
@UKGovScotland | facebook.com/ukgovscotland
Keep up to date with UK Gov activity in Scotland here

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