Disciplinary Action on Staff Members - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Disciplinary Action on Staff Members
FOI Number: 660
Date Received: 04/07/2022
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: During Scottish Borders Council's special meting of February 25th, while discussing the findings of Andrew Webster QC's damning report into SBC's handling of complaints against Linda McCall, it was stated that any disciplinary action against the education and social work officers involved in the internal enquiry would be decided by Chief Executive, Netta Meadows.It is now more than four months on, and I would like to know how many officers have been disciplined, and what the disciplinary action against each of them was.
Response: I can confirm that Scottish Borders Council holds this information, but it cannot be released to you.The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 allows a public authority to withhold information in response to a request, where one or more exemptions listed in FOISA applies. In this case Scottish Borders Council believes the following exemption applies: S38(1)(b) of FOI(S)A 2002 S38(1)(b) Personal Information