FOI Req: Review of 101003899672 Vehicles for 8 or more People Owned by Council

Request 101003909415

Review of 101003899672 Vehicles for 8 or more People Owned by Council

My recent FoI request for a list of council minibuses was rejected, citing Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act, Section 35(1)(a).

I fail to see how a list of vehicles that discloses information that is available to anyone standing on a street corner in anyway constitutes a risk of cloning. Registrations are displayed by vehicles in public areas and vehicles carry council livery. There is no evidence that lists supplied in previous years have led to any criminal acts. However, as a compromise, as per my previous request, the list could be reduced to fleetnumber and the last three letters of the registration. This possibility was included in the original request – “Should the council use any excuses to not divulge full registrations, then just the final three letters of the registration would be acceptable”.