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Expert Panel meeting on External Hazards

Date released
24 July 2020
Request number
FOI202006019
Release of information under
Freedom of Information Act 2000

Information requested

Has there been an Expert Panel meeting on External Hazards since May 2019? We would like to ask for the redacted minutes of that meeting if there was one. 

Information released

Please find attached the minutes of the two Expert Panel meetings on Natural Hazards held since May 2019:

  1. Notes of the Progress meeting 11: Expert Panel on Natural Hazards – Seismic held on 13-14 November 2019
  2. Notes of the Expert Panel on Natural Hazards - Meteorological and Coastal Flood Hazards Sub-Panel held on Tuesday 31 March 2020

Some information has been withheld because it contains personal data. The personal data has been withheld using the exemption section 40(2) of the FOIA. In particular, release of the information would breach principle (a) of GDPR (lawfulness, fairness and transparency) on the grounds that there is no lawful basis to process this data. In addition, releasing this personal data would also breach principle (b) of GDPR (purpose limitation) as the data was provided for the purposes of report ownership or incidentally over the course of email exchanges.

Exemptions applied

Section 40(2)

PIT (Public Interest Test) if applicable

N/A