Scottish Government FOI releases

Building improvement requirements and financial assistance: FOI release

1. What will be the rules for older buildings such as yours which will have to potentially undergo substantial works to bring them up to grade C? 2. What, if any, exemptions will there be for such properties specifically properties which are older but are not listed? 3. What, if any, financial assistance will there be ...

Home insulation in social housing: FOI release

The amount invested by the Scottish Government on home insulation in social housing from 2012-2022.

Information on costs of homes reaching energy efficiency targets: FOI release

1. How much is it estimated to cost the Scottish government to make sure all homes in the country achieve a level of energy efficiency at least equivalent to EPC C by 2033? 2. How many homes in Scotland are at this standard already and how many are not? Breakdown by region if possible. 3. Of the new builds being made b...

State energy company correspondence: FOI release

All internal and external correspondence from August 2017 to 14 March 2022 among civil servants, special advisers and ministers (and outside organisations where appropriate) including emails and letters, on plans to set up a state energy company in Scotland.

Acorn Carbon Capture Project: FoI release

Any correspondence between or involving senior civil servants, the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, the First Minister, Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work, and/or the Minister for Environment and Land Reform, or their respective ministerial offices, on the topic of the Acorn carbon capture project, f...

Information regarding publicly owned energy company: FOI release

All reports and correspondence, including letters and emails, on the Scottish Government’s plans for a state owned energy company, since Nicola Sturgeon announced the plans in 2017. 1. Please provide the full costs of spending on work towards this, by the Scottish Government, since that point. 2. Please also state how ...

Policies and costs to support Just Transition: FOI release

A list all of the policies (and the total amount spent on each policy) in the following Scottish Budgets which are considered to be targeted at supporting the Just Transition: 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022.

Information regarding planning permission for Aikengall IIa Wind Farm: EIR release

1. What permission was granted for alteration of the public road from the A1 past Thurston Manor Leisure Park, Thurston Mains Farm to Aikengall for access to the wind farm? 2. What obligations do Community Windpower, East Lothian Council and/or the Scottish Government have to return this road (and the associated verges...

All correspondence regarding COP 26: FOI release

- All correspondence (including emails, attachments, typed or handwritten notes, letters, notes/records of phone calls, texts or instant messages, minutes of meetings, briefings or otherwise) between Roseanna Cunningham and Alok Sharma relating to COP26. - All correspondence (including emails, attachments, typed or han...

COP26 climate summit correspondence: FOI release

“Could you please provide copies of any correspondence since 1 January 2019 between the UK and Scottish governments or their representatives relating to the holding and organisation of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, along with any emails, memos, report, or other recorded information between officials or ministers...

Correspondence regarding Glasgow Science Centre hire during COP 26: FOI release

All documents relating to the Scottish Government's hiring of the Glasgow Science Centre during COP26. All correspondence - including letters and emails - relating to the Scottish Government's hiring of the Glasgow Science Centre during COP26. This should include internal correspondence as well as to the venue and UK G...

Glasgow Science Centre hire during COP 26: FOI release

All correspondence between the Scottish Government's energy and climate change directorate and the UK government regarding the booking of the Glasgow Science Centre during the COP meeting in Glasgow. I would like all correspondence from 2018 and 2019.

Innovative Local Energy Systems call: local energy innovation projects by the local authority area: FOI release

Establishment of National Energy Company: FOI release

Amount committed for the Training Transition Fund: FOI release

The amount committed by the Scottish Government to the Training Transition Fund referenced on page 53 of the Programme for Government; for the amount of money that had been paid out through the Fund has paid out to date; for a list of payees that have received funding from the Fund and for the business case for the Fun...

Amount committed to the Decommissioning Challenge Fund: FOI Release

The amount committed by the Scottish Government to the Decommissioning Challenge Fund referenced on page 46 of the Programme for Government; for the amount of money that had been paid out through the Fund has paid out to date; for a list of payees that have received funding from the Fund and for the business case for t...

Energy Management Software information: FOI release

The supplier who provides the energy management software to the organisation? The cost associated with the software. Please provide me with the annual spend. What is the brand of the software? What is the duration of the contract? When does this contract expires? When does the organisation plan to review this contract?...

Meetings with representatives from Shell: FOI release

(a) A copy of any pre-meeting briefing; confirmation of all people in attendance at all meetings; agendas for all meetings; notes or minutes taken and/or action points decided during all meetings; and any post meeting briefings in relation to all meetings between any Scottish Government Minister(s) and any representati...