Freedom of Information Request - East Loch Ericht Deer Management Group Agenda and Minutes
Date: 01 December 2025
Our ref: SIR182271/A5572492
Information Request – East Loch Ericht Deer Management Group Agenda and Minutes
Your Request
Please can you supply me with all of the agendas and minutes for the East Loch Ericht Deer Management Group from 2018 to the present day?
Our Response
We have discussed your request with the Wildlife Management Team, and we have found documents that meet the terms of your information request. Copies of these documents are attached separately to this response.
Please be aware that our searches did not find any information relating to any minutes or agendas for the calendar year 2024.
We have redacted out personal data from the information being released, under the EIRs exemption 11(2)(Personal Data).
We have also withheld a small amount of information relating to prices/costs submitted by game suppliers. We feel that to release this information would prejudice these suppliers and could lead to competitors having an unfair advantage. We have applied the exemption 10(5)(e)(Confidentiality of commercial or industrial information), under the EIRS.
How We Handled Your Request
We believe you have asked for environmental information as defined in the Environmental Information (Scotland Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’), so we are dealing with your request under those regulations. To be able to use the EIRs, we must apply an exemption under section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘FOISA’). The Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance recommends that public authorities apply this exemption to environmental information and handle request under the EIRs.
If you would like to find out more about the access to information legislation, there is a guidance booklet available on the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website.
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
