Scottish Government FOI Index

7,100releases indexed

11,002attachments found

26.0avg calendar days

2,867partially withheld

2024-09-02oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 2,867 unclear 1,842 not held 1,127 released 500 already published 296 cost limit 255 clarification 112 withheld 82 transferred 19

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 1974 s.20 1461 s.34(1) 1456 s.39(2) 1227 s.30 1195 s.17(1) 1022 s.25(1) 898 s.10(4) 763 s.11(2) 607 s.29(1) 519 s.2 448 s.3 342

Timeline

2026-05 339 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589 2026-01 479 2025-12 177 2025-11 263 2025-10 217

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 491 releases · 27.4 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 425 releases · 27.5 avg days Marine Directorate 274 releases · 26.7 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 267 releases · 25.4 avg days People Directorate 243 releases · 23.7 avg days Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate 229 releases · 31.2 avg days Population Health Directorate 228 releases · 24.7 avg days Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate 199 releases · 23.6 avg days

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37 matching releases

Scottish Government reports or briefings containing annual miscarriage estimates: FOI release

Please can you provide the estimated number of miscarriage for each of the last 10 years for which data are available, including: Any national-level estimates produced or used by the Scottish Government; Any analyses, reports, or briefings (including internal papers) that include annual miscarriage estimates.

FOI already published 80 score 0 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.38(1) s.34(1) s.25(1) s.29(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-05-14
Reference: FOI/202600513077
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Documentation regarding stakeholder engagement process and information session pertaining to non-surgical cosmetics procedure bill: FOI release

1. Design and Purpose of the Information Session All internal documents, briefing notes, emails or meeting records which define or describe the purpose of the session, including whether it was intended to constitute stakeholder engagement. Any documents distinguishing between “information provision” and “stakeholder e...

FOI not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.4 s.5 s.1 s.2 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-05-13
Reference: FOI/202600512523
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) concerning aesthetics regulation information: FOI release

1. All correspondence, emails, meeting notes, internal briefings and draft documents between the Scottish Government and the JCCP from 1 January 2017 to date. 2. Any documents in which the JCCP is referenced in relation to non-surgical cosmetic procedures, practitioner regulation, licensing, medical reviewers, trainin...

FOI not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.4 s.5 s.6 s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.28(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-05-12
Reference: FOI/202600512258
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Diagnostic Radiography, Therapeutic Radiography, and Sonography Workforce information: FOI release

1. Any workforce modelling, workforce impact assessment, or workforce planning analysis held by the Scottish Government that underpins the commitment to seven-day radiology services set out in DL(2025)25 or the associated sub-national planning programme, including any analysis relating to diagnostic radiography, therap...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 44 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-05-05
Reference: FOI/202600509811
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) documentation: FOI release

1. All communications between the Scottish Government and the JCCP since 2017. 2. Any documents referencing JCCP in relation to aesthetic regulation or licensing proposals. 3. Any assessments of JCCP’s governance status. 4. Any documents discussing JCCP’s relationship with beauty sector bodies (HABIA, BABTAC, Britis...

FOI not held 70 score 19 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.3 s.4 s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-04-28
Reference: FOI/202600508622
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Doctor strike documentation: FOI release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, about doctor strikes, from the last month.

FOI already published 80 score 31 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.25(1) s.38(1) s.30 s.29(1) s.25 s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-04-13
Reference: FOI/202600501151
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

National Elective Care Programme Gateway Review information: FOI release

On 20 November 2025, the Scottish Government released a list of the Gateway Reviews completed in calendar years 2024 and 2025. https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202500480983/ Please supply all items of information in the Gateway Review completed in 2025 on the 'National Elective Care Programme' which is named on ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.29 s.30 s.38(1) s.29(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-18
Reference: FOI/202500494955
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Correspondence and documentation regarding waiting list statistic: FOI release

Any correspondence from the Health Directorate and Ministers, Ministerial offices, or Special Advisers with Public Health Scotland on the topic of the claimed statistic that one in six Scots are on waiting lists and any subsequent correspondence or ministerial submissions, agendas, meeting minutes or handouts on the to...

FOI not held 70 score 16 working days correspondence ministers special advisers briefings meetings s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-17
Reference: FOI/202500495492
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Governance and ownership structure of MyCare.scot queries: FOI release

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 regarding the governance and ownership structure of the MyCare.scot digital health and social care platform. Specifically, I would like to request the following: 1. A breakdown of the ownership and governance responsibilities for...

FOI clarification 80 score 20 working days correspondence contracts s.5 s.25 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-10
Reference: FOI/202500492747
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Correspondence between NHS Grampian and the Scottish Government regarding Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin: FOI release

Any email correspondence between NHS Grampian and the Scottish Government regarding Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin since 1 November 2025.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence ministers s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-09
Reference: FOI/202500493159
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

National Treatment Centres correspondence: FOI release

All written communication, including associated briefings, to and from Ministers since 1 January 2025 to most recent relating to the Scottish Government’s National Treatment Centres.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 32 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.30 s.29(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-01-19
Reference: FOI/202500485157
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Provision of non-therapeutic male circumcision reports and correspondence: FOI release

All internal reports or correspondence (including emails and other messages) relating to the provision of non-therapeutic male circumcision on the NHS, since January 2024.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.29(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.29(1)R s.30 s.36(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-01-13
Reference: FOI/202500486073
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Information regarding evacuations from Gaza for medical treatment: FOI release

All correspondence, memos, briefings and/or reports sent and received by the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray, between September 12, 2025 and September 17, 2025 that address, or relate to, the evacuation of ill children and their families from Gaza to Scotland for medical treatment.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.38(1) s.30 s.29(1) s.28(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-01-12
Reference: FOI/202500484948
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, International, Public sector

Strategic Network for the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 information and Long Covid Support Fund queries: FOI release

1. The (a) meeting minutes, (b) full subgroup membership, and (c) any corresponding documents for the Scottish Government’s Strategic Network for the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19. 2. Whether any of the £4.5m Long Covid Support Fund, announced in the 2024-25 budget, has been spent. 3. Whether any of the £4.5m Long Co...

FOI not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.38(1) s.30 s.17(1) s.34(1) 12 attachments

Published: 2026-01-07
Reference: FOI/202500484092
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Accident and Emergency waiting time materials: FOI release

All minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, held by the Scottish Government about a&e waiting times, from the last month. Given this request was a reduced request from your original request on 05 July 2025, the following response provides information from the last month of your original request: June 2025.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.29(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.25(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-18
Reference: FOI/202500478314
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

NHS communications employee data: FOI release

1. The total amount spent on NHS communications staff employed by the Health and Social Care Directorate - broken down by the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (most recent). 2. The total number of staff currently employed in a communications role, broken down by role and...

FOI not held 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.40(2) s.38(1) s.34(1)

Published: 2025-10-23
Reference: FOI/202500476274
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care’s visit to National Treatment Centre Highland and Raigmore Hospital: FOI release

All correspondence (email, letter, phone, text, whats-app messages etc) to any Highlands and Islands MSPs regarding the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care’s visit to the National Treatment Centre and Raigmore Hospital, Inverness on Thursday 10th April 2025.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence ministers s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-10-16
Reference: FOI/202500475581
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Scotland’s involvement in Exercise Cygnus (2016): FOI release

1. A report or summary outlining Scotland-specific findings, lessons learned, or recommendations resulting from Scotland’s involvement in Exercise Cygnus (2016); and/or 2. Internal or intergovernmental communications (including with Whitehall/UK Government departments) regarding Scotland’s role in the exercise, partic...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-10-13
Reference: FOI/202500471234
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Documentation regarding weekly health service review meeting: FOI release

On 7th May 2025, John Swinney participated in a BBC Radio Scotland phone in, hosted by Kay Adams. One of the callers was a doctor who described the problem of doctors struggling to find jobs in the Scottish NHS because of a very large number of applications for every position. John Swinney said that he would raise th...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-22
Reference: FOI/202500466609
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Correspondence for the Remote, Rural and Islands Overarching Task & Finish Group: FOI release

You asked for meeting minutes, agendas, briefings and papers for the remote and rural task and finish group for meetings from October 2024 to date, and the group’s most recent terms of reference.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence briefings meetings s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-07-15
Reference: FOI/202500464864
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Communications from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or NHS Grampian in relation to the incident declared on 29 November 2024: FOI release

All communications from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or NHS Grampian in relation to the incident declared on 29 November 2024 at ARI, between 28 November 2024 and 6 December 2024. In particular, any information about whether NHS Grampian declared it was in need of support or assistance for the 'critical incident' mentioned...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-07-14
Reference: FOI/202500459911
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Ministerial correspondence relating to the Scottish Government’s National Treatment Centres: FOI Review

Orignal request: 202500448625 I am looking for all written communication, including associated briefings, to and from Ministers since 1 September 2024 to most recent relating to the Scottish Government’s National Treatment Centres.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.21(4) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-07-14
Reference: FOI 202500459137 review of 202500448625
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Implementation support note on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 materials: FOI release

Briefing packs and other documents in relation to the Scottish Government's strategy for treating long Covid patients.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 13 working days correspondence briefings s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-06-30
Reference: FOI/202500458699
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Documentation regarding NHS Scotland treating injured Gazans: FOI release

All documentation held about NHS Scotland treating injured Gazans, and separately, how much this may including all correspondence sent and received, including internal, briefings, notes/minutes from meetings, from the last six months?

FOI partially withheld 90 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-06-26
Reference: FOI/202400444705
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

New national targets to tackle long waits for planned care communications: FOI release

All written communication, including associated briefings, to and from Ministers since 1 September 2024 to most recent relating to the Scottish Government's national targets for ending long waits for planned care.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-02-20
Reference: FOI/202500448617
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector