Scottish Government FOI Index

5,100releases indexed

7,880attachments found

25.5avg calendar days

2,063partially withheld

2025-01-20oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 2,063 unclear 1,290 not held 828 released 339 already published 242 cost limit 170 clarification 87 withheld 62 transferred 19

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 1471 s.34(1) 1108 s.20 1050 s.30 886 s.39(2) 882 s.17(1) 766 s.25(1) 651 s.10(4) 547 s.11(2) 450 s.29(1) 364 s.2 349 s.3 262

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 365 releases · 25.8 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 308 releases · 28.3 avg days Marine Directorate 194 releases · 26.7 avg days People Directorate 192 releases · 23.4 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 176 releases · 26.8 avg days Culture and External Affairs Directorate 173 releases · 27.7 avg days Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate 171 releases · 31.7 avg days Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate 157 releases · 23.9 avg days

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Correspondence sent to Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Minister for Victims and Community Safety regarding prisons: FOI release

Internal briefings, submissions, or update notes sent to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, or DG Justice between Sept 1 to Oct 1, 2025, which warn about: unsafe or deteriorating prison conditions prisons assessed as “end-of-life” major maintenance failures the impact of over...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 16 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.30 s.36(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-18
Reference: FOI/202500495798
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Justice Division risk registers: FOI release

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: 1. The current Community Justice Division Risk Register. 2. The current Criminal Justice Division Risk Register. 3. The current CLLS (Community Learning & Legal Services) Division Risk Register. (This is now called ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.28 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.28(1) s.29(1) s.30 s.36 s.36(1) s.36(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-17
Reference: FOI/202500494457
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) National Strategic Group and Development Group meeting information: FOI release

All information contained in minutes of and papers presented to the meetings of the MAPPA National Strategic Group and MAPPA Development Group over the previous two years. I have taken that request to be two years from the date of your correspondence.

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

Published: 2026-02-16
Reference: FOI/202500494239
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Governance, oversight and policy development relating to sex offender management: FOI release

1. Registered Sex Offenders in South Ayrshire The number of individuals currently on the Sex Offenders Register who are managed within the South Ayrshire area. Where available, please provide a breakdown indicating how many are first-time offenders and how many have previous convictions for sexual offences. 2. Commun...

FOI not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.2 s.29(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-10
Reference: FOI/202500493143
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Sub-groups, governance groups, working groups or policy boards attended by Ministers: FOI Review

Original request 202500490033 A list of any sub-groups, governance groups, working groups or policy boards that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs and the Minister for Victims and Community Safety and Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans have attended in the last calendar year. These would ...

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

Published: 2026-02-10
Reference: FOI/202500493178 Review of 202500490033
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Correspondence between Scottish Ministers and the Lord Advocate in relation transgender prisoners: FOI release

In relation to Topical Question time today in the Scottish Parliament, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs refused to provide justification for pursing legal action in relation to its policy on transgender prisoners: "Presiding Officer, with the greatest of respect to you and all members in the chamber, ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.5 s.18 s.29(1) s.36(1) s.38(1) s.30 s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-10
Reference: FOI/202500493242
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Information relating to Criminal Justice Board meetings and file paths of ERDM folders relating to associated documents: FOI release

Information…in relation to the Criminal Justice Board. Please provide: 1. Copies of the Board’s risk registers for the past two years (from November 2023 to the present). 2. Copies of the minutes of all Criminal Justice Board meetings held during the same two-year period. 3. Copies of the agendas for all Criminal Jus...

FOI not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings contracts s.38(1) s.33(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-09
Reference: FOI/202500491256
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Documentation held relating to the Gender Recognition Reform Bill: FOI release

Could you supply all documentation held, including correspondence sent and received, minutes/notes from meetings, briefing, analysis, about the gender recognition reform bill from the last three months.

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

Published: 2026-02-04
Reference: FOI/202500491144
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

Correspondence regarding prison overcrowding: FOI release

You asked for a copy of all correspondence between SNP MSPs and the Scottish Government on the issue of prison overcrowding.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence s.38(1) s.36(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-04
Reference: FOI/202500491658
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Scottish Prison Service correspondence regarding Scottish Prisons reaching capacity: FOI release

Please provide all correspondence between the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and her officials and the Scottish Prison Service regarding Scottish Prisons reaching capacity from 1 October 2025 to 24 October 2025.

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

Published: 2026-02-04
Reference: FOI/202500491385
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Justice correspondence regarding Scotland’s prisons hitting record capacity: FOI release

Please provide the date when Angela Constance and her officials were informed that Scotland’s prisons had hit a record capacity of 8,430 inmates. Please provide all correspondence between Angela Constance and her officials on this issue.

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

Published: 2026-02-04
Reference: FOI/202500491421
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Materials on Prison Population Assurance Group: FOI release

“Copies of all sent emails from the relevant C2 and C1 officials responsible for overseeing the governance of the Prison Population Assurance Group, covering the period 21 October 2025 to 28 October 2025 (inclusive)”. For clarity, I have interpreted this request as all outgoing emails from the relevant C2 and C1 offic...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence s.38(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-03
Reference: FOI/202500491128
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Material regarding mistaken releases: FOI release

1. Copies of any briefings to Ministers, Special Advisers or Directors since 1 April 2020 that mention “release in error”, “erroneous release”, or “mistaken release” in the Scottish Prison Service. 2. Any correspondence between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Prison Service about the scale, causes, or prevent...

FOI not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers special advisers briefings s.3 s.38(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-03
Reference: FOI/202500491040
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Hate crime consultation information: FOI release

Copies of all correspondence (internal and external), notes and any other information in relation to the decision to extend the closing date to the Scottish Government consultation on the SSI to add sex as a protected characteristic to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence ministers s.38(1) s.30 2 attachments

Published: 2026-01-20
Reference: FOI/202500488828
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Minister for Victims and Community Safety and Scotland for Decrim meeting materials: FOI release

Recently Siobhan Brown met with Scotland for Decrim. Please provide the minutes from this meeting and the list of attendees.

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

Published: 2026-01-13
Reference: FOI/202500485614
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Barlinnie replacement prison and recorded crime in Scotland: FOI release

1. The current cost projection of the Barlinnie replacement prison, with a full breakdown of costs. 2. All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings and analysis, about the construction of the Barlinnie replace...

FOI withheld 80 score 16 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.2 s.33(1) s.25(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 4 attachments

Published: 2026-01-13
Reference: FOI/202500483086
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Glasgow City Council or Glasgow Health Social Care Partnership correspondence regarding Section 27 Funding: FOI release

1. Any and all correspondence between Scottish Government Justice Division and Glasgow City Council or Glasgow Health Social Care Partnership which relates to Section 27 Funding for the financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. 2. Details of the Section 27 grant award to Glasgow City Council for the financial year ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence s.27 s.38(1) 16 attachments

Published: 2026-01-06
Reference: FOI/202500483436
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Compensation payment statistics for miscarriages of justice: FOI release

Please provide me with the following information for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25: 1. The total number of applications received requesting compensation for a miscarriage of justice. 2. Of those, the total number that were accepted for assessment. 3. The total number granted compens...

FOI partially withheld 65 score 19 working days correspondence spending s.38(1)

Published: 2025-11-18
Reference: FOI/202500479443
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Misogyny Bill documentation: FOI release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, and analysis, about the misogyny bill and/or adding misogyny to the hate crime bill, from the last month.

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

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478574
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Centre for Good Relations funding: FOI release

You asked for how much money has the Scottish Government spent/given to the Centre for Good Relations in each of the last five years, with a breakdown of what the money was spent on? Could you supply all reports written by the centre and supplied to the government in the last two years?

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

Published: 2025-10-20
Reference: FOI/202500476000
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Money and tax, Public sector

Construction of HMP Glasgow: FOI release

1. All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence seen and received (including internal), briefings, minutes/notes from meetings, analysis, about the construction of HMP Glasgow, from the last month. 2. The latest timeline for finishing it and also a list of all the previous completion dat...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.30 s.33(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.25 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469370
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Correspondence regarding drafting of Financial Memorandum for Criminal Justice & Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill: FOI release

"Any correspondence between the Bill Team in the Scottish Parliament and civil servants relating to the drafting of the Financial Memorandum for the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill.".

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

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500466959
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

List of judicial office holders: FOI release

Please disclose to me immediately any other list of judicial office holders, maintained by your office and available for public information and inspection. In the circumstances, an honest and frank admission that there is no such list available for public information should be communicated to me immediately by your off...

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

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500468158
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Prisoners early release, Howard League Scotland & Long Term rule: FOI release

1. Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence seen and received (including internal), briefings, minutes/notes from meetings, analysis, about the construction of HMP Glasgow, from the last month? 2. Could you also supply the latest timeline for finishing it and also a ...

FOI cost limit 70 score 36 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings spending s.12 s.38(1) s.25(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500469373
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Documentation about impact of Supreme Court ruling defining a woman and the planned misogyny law: FOI release

“All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, about the impact of the Supreme Court ruling defining a woman and the planned misogyny law, between April 10 2025 and the date of this FOI (19 May 2025)"

FOI partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.29(1) s.30 s.36(1) s.38(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-22
Reference: FOI/202500467033
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector