Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

22,874releases indexed
40,876attachments found
29.5avg calendar days
8,493partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-10-28newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,493 unclear 7,447 not held 3,283 released 1,596 already published 712 cost limit 634 clarification 376 withheld 250 transferred 83

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5215 s.20 4475 s.34(1) 3779 s.39(2) 3631 s.30 3032 s.17(1) 2975 s.25(1) 2550 s.10(4) 2085 s.11(2) 1634 s.29(1) 1244 s.2 1242 s.3 977

Timeline

2026-10 227 2026-09 8 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,334 releases · 27.8 avg days Marine Directorate 990 releases · 29.7 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 969 releases · 30.8 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 741 releases · 39.6 avg days Constitution Directorate 710 releases · 35.8 avg days Population Health Directorate 676 releases · 28.6 avg days People Directorate 663 releases · 25.5 avg days
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Energy Consents Unit meetings regarding electricity and energy infrastructure: EIR release

1. In 2025-26, on how many occasions have officials representing the energy consents unit met with SSEN, Scottish Power, or any other company involved in the transmission or distribution of electricity in Scotland (please specify)? 2. In 2025-26, on how many occasions have officials representing the energy consents un...

FOI/EIR already published 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1)
Published
2026-07-29
Reference
EIR/202600509708
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Information relating to Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme: EIR release

1. The total number of successful applications where funding (grant or loan) was awarded for the installation of a NIBE S735 Exhaust Air Heat Pump between January 2023 and the present date. 2. A breakdown of these successful applications by year. 3. Confirmation of whether the NIBE S735 is currently classified as an ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 17 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2026-07-29
Reference
EIR/202600509799
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Number of applications for solar farms and battery storage: EIR release

Can you confirm the total number of applications for solar farms and battery storage applications throughout Scotland and the total number of successful applications?

FOI/EIR clarification 55 score 19 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.36
Published
2026-07-28
Reference
EIR/202600508465
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Documentation on Energy Consents Unit decision to change public representation submissions: EIR release

Context The ECU website states that representations@gov.scot “can no longer be used to submit public representations for cases where the public consultation opened on or after 16 January 2026” and that representations must be submitted via the portal (with limited exceptions). I am seeking the recorded information exp...

FOI/EIR already published 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.4 s.20 s.6 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1)
Published
2026-07-28
Reference
EIR/202600506152
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Conflict of interest with Xi Engineering: EIR release

Please can you inform me whether Xi Engineering declared any conflict of interest, either real or potential, when they bid under the Public Contract Scotland for the following work for the Scottish Government on the Eskdalemuir Seismic Array as identified by the following IDs. 691361 671569 630318 617730 620136

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 19 working days correspondence contracts s.69 s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2026-07-27
Reference
FOI/202600501055
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Documented correspondence between Scottish Government and the Climate Change Committee: EIR release

Could you supply all documentation sent between the Scottish Government and the Climate Change Committee, as well as minutes of notes from meetings, from the last two months?

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2) 4 attachments
Published
2026-07-23
Reference
FOI/202600500304
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Meetings between Scottish Government and communities regarding renewable or non-renewable energy projects: EIR release

In the last year how many times has a member of the Scottish Government met with a representative of a community in Scotland for discussion of renewable or non-renewable energy projects? In the last year how many times has a member of the Scottish Government met with a representative of a community in Scotland for disc...

FOI/EIR clarification 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.3
Published
2026-07-23
Reference
EIR/202600502922
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Grants being distributed to the Ahl Al-Bait Society: EIR release

Confirmation of the ‘checks you undertook, as well as what their findings were ahead of grants being distributed to the Ahl Al-Bait Society’.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence meetings contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) 6 attachments
Published
2026-07-23
Reference
FOI/202600500183
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Clarification on First Minister's speech on Scottish renewables: EIR release

Speaking at FMQs on 19th March 2026, John Swinney said this: “When this Government came to office, we had a clear ambition to massively increase the amount of electricity that is generated in Scotland from low-cost renewable sources, and we have succeeded in doing that.” Please provide the evidence John Swinney was r...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1)
Published
2026-07-22
Reference
EIR/202600511852
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Total live energy applications awaiting determination by Scottish Ministers: EIR release

Please provide the following information as of the date this request is processed: 1. The total number of live applications currently awaiting determination by Scottish Ministers via the Energy Consents Unit. 2. Of those live applications, how many have been awaiting determination for: a) more than 6 months b) more ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2026-07-22
Reference
EIR/202600505645
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Confirmation and Records of Geoengineering and Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) activities over Scotland: EIR release

1) Confirmation and authorisation: a) Confirm whether the Scottish Government is participating in, supporting, or complicit in any SRM/geoengineering or weather modification programme affecting Scotland. b) If any such activity exists or has existed, identify who authorised it (office/role), the date of authorisation...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings contracts s.5 s.10(4)
Published
2026-07-22
Reference
FOI/202500498898
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit staff data and spend: FOI release

(1) How many individuals are currently employed at the Scottish Government's Energy Consent Unit? (2) What is the total spend on the Scottish Government's Energy Consent Unit since 2021? (Please could you split that up by financial year).

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.2 s.20
Published
2026-07-22
Reference
FOI/202600509629
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Storm overflow and waste water documentation: EIR release

In its 2024 report, Environmental Standards Scotland called on the Scottish Government to publish up-to-date, clear and specific guidance about the exceptional circumstances in which it is permissible for storm overflows to spill. In July 2025 the Scottish Government agreed to review this guidance. You asked for a cop...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 10 working days correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-21
Reference
EIR/202600517070
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Information on water policy, rural investment and urban/rural equity in water services: EIR release

1. All current and recent (last 10 years) policies, strategies, ministerial directions, funding programmes, and impact assessments concerning drinking water, wastewater, private supplies, and the water environment, with breakdowns or references to rural vs. Central Belt priorities. 2. Information on how rural economic...

FOI/EIR unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers spending s.2
Published
2026-07-21
Reference
EIR/202600516590
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Scottish Government Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) paper: EIR release

The Scottish Government Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) funded a paper with the title: 'Transformative land use change towards net zero: balancing emissions through woodland expansion and livestock reduction in Scotland' This paper was published in Science of the Total Environ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 15 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1)
Published
2026-07-20
Reference
EIR/202600505862
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Kintore-Tealing 400kV OHL Connection objections: EIR release

“Please can you tell me the number of objections received by the Scottish Government's ECU unit relating to proposals for the Kintore-Tealing 400kV OHL Connection. Please can this be broken down by individual objections and organisation objections. Please can you also advise me when a determination on the plans is expe...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4)
Published
2026-07-20
Reference
EIR/202600506154
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Correspondence regarding Beauly - Peterhead overhead line: EIR release

Please can you tell me the number of objections received by the Scottish Government's ECU unit relating to proposals for the Beauly - Peterhead 400kV OHL. Please can this be broken down by individual objections and organisation objections. Please can you also advise me when a determination on the plans is expected to b...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4)
Published
2026-07-20
Reference
EIR/202600506155
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Oversight carried out on just transition funding to Scottish Trade Unions Congress: FOI release

Information on what oversight and/or auditing the Scottish Government carried out on the £100k annual funding to the STUC to support just transition capacity within the trade union movement to verify that the grant money was spent on the intended purpose.

FOI unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence
Published
2026-07-08
Reference
FOI/20260050622
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Total funds given to Warmworks for Warmer Homes Scotland scheme: EIR release

Disclosure of all financial information relating to the grant scheme and expenditure by Warmworks or the Scottish Government, to the extent that it does not constitute personal data.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2026-07-08
Reference
EIR/202600505437
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Housing, Public sector

Storm overflow and waste water documentation: EIR release

A copy of all documents which discuss the commitment made by the Scottish Government, in a letter to Environmental Standards Scotland on the 10th June 2025, to publish up-to-date, clear and specific guidance about the exceptional circumstances in which it is permissible for storm overflows to spill; A copy of all docu...

FOI/EIR already published 80 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 10 attachments
Published
2026-07-07
Reference
EIR/202600502422
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Heat in Buildings Scotland National Scheme (HIBS) tender documents: EIR release

All documents that would have been available - whether publicly, on any supplier tendering portal or on specific request - to any suppliers that expressed interest in bidding for this tender at the time? Examples include (but are not limited to): 1) the Contract Notice and any attachments, 2) the full specification ...

FOI/EIR clarification 80 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-20
Reference
EIR/202600514191
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Minutes of the Scottish Hydrogen Industry Forum (SHIF) meetings: EIR release

Copies of the minutes of the Scottish Hydrogen Industry Forum (SHIF) meetings held in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(5)E 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-20
Reference
EIR/202600513860
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Energy Consents Unit comment submission queries: FOI release

The Oban Times recently carried an article concerning the decision by the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) to stop members of the public from submitting comments to it by email about energy-related planning applications. A spokesperson speaking on behalf of the ECU is quoted in the article as saying, inter alia, "This [i.e....

FOI not held 70 score 19 working days correspondence briefings s.38(1) s.34(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-20
Reference
FOI/202600513762
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Copies of documents held by the Scottish Government that include the phrase “inframarginal rent”: EIR release

For the period 1st May 2021 - date, how many documents stored in the eRDM systems of the Chief Economist, Constitution, Offshore Wind, or Energy and Climate Change Directorates include the phrase “inframarginal rent”? Please provide each such document.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.6(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-19
Reference
EIR/202600513670
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector