Scottish Government FOI releases

Forestry Grant Scheme payment to local authority: FOI release

You asked: Are you able to provide a breakdown of what funding local authorities in the west of Scotland region received from Scottish Forestry in 2018. This was clarified to the amount of grant support associated with the Forestry Grant Scheme which was paid in 2018 to individual local authorities within the Clydepl...

Documentation of policy outlines on fox hunting and the protection of wild mammals: EIR release

Documentation containing outlines on Scottish Government policy on fox hunting and the protection of wild mammals in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.

Scottish Forestry - fleet vehicles: FOI release

You asked: How many vehicles do Scottish Forestry own? How many vehicles, which were purchased prior to the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 coming into force, have undergone Scottish Forestry rebranding? How many vehicles, which were purchased after the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018...

Fox hunting correspondence: EIR release

Any correspondence (letters, emails or otherwise) on fox hunting in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019; FoI/19/01658 between Mairi Gougeon and Alison Johnstone MSP FoI/19/01657 between Scottish Government staff and Alison Johnstone MSP FoI/19/01656 between Scottish Government Ministers and Alison Johnstone MSP FoI/19/01648 to Nico...

Biodiversity Challenge Fund - breakdown and projects: EIR release

You asked for: - A breakdown of spend of the Biodiversity Challenge Fund - Details of all projects funded by the Biodiversity Challenge Fund

Breakdown of money pledged by the Scottish Government to improve flood protection: EIR release

You asked, “Under the Freedom of Information Act (2002), I wish to acquire the following information: A breakdown of spend of the £713,000 pledged by the Scottish Government to improve flood protection”.

Snaring-related offences and prosecutions: EIR release

You asked the Scottish Government to confirm: 1) How many snaring-related offences have been recorded in Scotland in the last ten years? 2) How many prosecutions have there been in Scotland regarding snaring-related offences in the last ten years?

Proposed Local Authority Waste Management and Recycling Initiatives: EIR release

A list of proposed local authority waste management and recycling initiatives over the next three years that are due to receive full or part funding from the Scottish Government and/or Zero Waste Scotland and the proposed level of such funding in each case. Where concerns have been raised about the potential impact of ...

Meeting between Scottish Government officials and Mr Todd Warnock: EIR release

You asked for the following information: 1. Was the Scottish Government’s Ramsar policy discussed at that meeting [it being the meeting between Scottish Government officials and Mr Todd Warnock on 30 August 2017]? 2. If so, would you agree that any notes of that meeting should be released? 3. And should the records ...

Policy proposals for Deposit Return Scheme from specified stakeholders - correspondence: EIR release

You asked for copies of any correspondence held by the Scottish Government relating to policy proposals (from the last two years) for the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland from the following stakeholders: Keep Scotland Beautiful The Federation of Small Businesses Scottish Retail Consortium The UK Dep...

Letters submitted to Deposit Return Scheme(DRS) Implementation Advisory Group chair: EIR release

You asked for copies of “three letters submitted collectively by industry stakeholders to DRS Implementation Advisory Group chair Don McGillivray ahead of the group’s meeting last Tuesday (21 May). I believe these were submitted on Monday 21 May.”

Goats in Scotland: FOI release

You asked for an approximation of how many goats are in Scotland.

Applications under Community Right to Buy: FOI release

1) The number of community right to buy applications under the Community Right to Buy (Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 since it was introduced in June last year. 2) The number of those applications that have been refused, the number approved, and the number still being processed. ...

Protection of beavers in Scotland Ministerial correspondence: EIR release

Any correspondence (letters, emails or otherwise) addressed to Roseanna Cunningham on the Scottish Government’s position on beavers in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.

Analysis on including glass in forthcoming deposit return scheme: EIR release

Details and outcomes of analysis conducted on the impact of including glass in the Scottish Government's forthcoming deposit return scheme compared with the current recycling systems. We have interpreted your request as applying to any analysis held by the Scottish Government and conducted by us or Zero Waste Scotland...

Scottish Natural Heritage correspondence: FOI review

In addition to internal Scottish Government records, you asked specifically for any correspondence in this connection between the SG and: 1. the UK Government, 2. Scottish Natural Heritage, and/or 3. any other persons or organisations external to the SG irrespective of whether such parties may or may not have sought to...

Peatland restoration each year from 2015: EIR release

How many acres of peatland in Scotland have been restored each year, from 2015 to present day What percentage of Blanket bog Raised bog Fenland is currently in a conservation status of ‘favorable’ condition? How many statutorily protected areas of peatland out of the total are in, or moving towards a conservation statu...

Protection of Wild Mammals review & Code of Practice: foxhounds packs - costs: EIR release

You asked the Scottish Government to confirm: 1. the financial cost attributed to the Scottish Governments Lord Bonomy review of the Protection of Wild Mammals Scotland Act 2002. 2. the financial cost in establishing the Scottish Government chaired stakeholder group formed to establish a Code of Practice for Scottish M...

Information and correspondence relating to Carrbridge Hotel and Fergus Ewing: FOI release

Details of any meetings between Fergus Ewing and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): FOI release

You asked for details of any dates, times and minutes relating to meetings between Fergus Ewing and WWF in (a) 2016 (b) 2017 (c) 2018.

Fly-tipping, reports and prosecutions recorded by year and local authority: FOI release

You asked for Number of reports of fly-tipping recorded in each year since a national system for recording such reports introduced, number of reports recorded for those years for each local authority, number of reports that have resulted in prosecution/legal action.

FOI redactions process under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): FOI release

Further to this article about the quality of your FOI responses and redaction - https://theferret.scot/sturgeon-nuclear-waste-protestor/ can you please provide the following information: What software/program was used to redact the documents? Have staff been trained with regards to redaction of FOI and information rig...

Expert Panel on Environmental Charging and Other Measures meetings: FOI release

You asked for: • The number of times that Expert Panel on Environmental Charging and Other Measures has met; • for copies of agendas, minutes, and papers for those meetings, • for any other recorded details of the remit and work plan of the panel which the government holds from the Panel’s first meeting until the prese...

Farms in Ayrshire - numbers, types and income: FOI release

You asked for the total number of farms in Ayrshire and a breakdown of the farm types. ie- beef/ dairy/ sheep/arable etc. And the total income from farming in Ayrshire.

Questions regarding fox hunts registered in Scotland: EIR release

1) How many fox hunts are registered in Scotland as of February 2019? 2) How many hunts took place recorded in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019? 3) How many foxes were recorded as having been killed for each of these years? 4) I'd like detailed the cause of death for each of these foxes for each of the years 2015, 20...