Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

22,640releases indexed
40,478attachments found
29.5avg calendar days
8,386partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-09-02newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,386 unclear 7,405 not held 3,239 released 1,581 already published 700 cost limit 627 clarification 372 withheld 249 transferred 81

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5149 s.20 4430 s.34(1) 3727 s.39(2) 3593 s.30 2994 s.17(1) 2922 s.25(1) 2520 s.10(4) 2060 s.11(2) 1619 s.29(1) 1223 s.2 1222 s.3 958

Timeline

2026-09 1 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,312 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 978 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 961 releases · 30.9 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 737 releases · 39.7 avg days Constitution Directorate 702 releases · 35.9 avg days Population Health Directorate 665 releases · 28.5 avg days People Directorate 657 releases · 25.6 avg days
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LGBT inclusive education recommendations: FOI release

You asked for the Scottish Government’s response to three questions about the LGBT inclusive education recommendations. I have set out our response to each of your questions in turn. 1. Please outline the work done to prepare for implementation of the recommendations of the LGBTI Inclusive Education working group follo...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.25(1)
Published
2019-08-27
Reference
FOI/201900003123
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Pupil Equity Fund contract conditions: FOI release

A contract was issued by yourself (Donna Bell) to Inverclyde Council on 31 March 2017 for a grant up to £2,450,400 sterling for the Pupil Equity Fund. The contract was accepted under jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts. Within this Offer of Grant - Section 2.2 it states "The Grant shall only be used for the purposes of...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence contracts s.2
Published
2019-08-21
Reference
FOI/19/01838
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Education, Public sector

Independent Review of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments - drafts, correspondence: FOI release

You asked for the following information in relation to the Independent Review of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments at Primary 1 (the independent review) under FOISA: • Any draft copies/versions of the independent review • All communication between the Scottish Government and David Reedy (including staff wo...

FOI already published 80 score 34 working days over deadline correspondence ministers contracts s.25(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.27(1) s.30 s.33(1) 4 attachments
Published
2019-07-31
Reference
FOI/201900002056
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Notes and correspondence with North Lanarkshire Council - St Ambrose school campus, Coatbridge: FOI release

You asked for: • "Any briefing documents provided to Scottish Ministers on St Ambrose school campus in Coatbridge within the last year (prior to 20 June 2019)" (Fol/19/10503) • "Any correspondence (emails, letters, phone calls or otherwise) between Scottish Government ministers, senior civil servants or special advis...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers special advisers briefings s.38 s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-07-29
Reference
FOI/19/01503, FOI/19/01504
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Independent Review of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments at Primary 1 information: FOI release

You asked for the following information in relation to the Independent Review of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments at Primary 1 (the independent review) under FOISA: Any draft copies/versions of the Scottish Government’s response to the independent review All internal communication regarding the independe...

FOI already published 80 score 32 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.25(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 18 attachments
Published
2019-07-26
Reference
FOI/201900002062
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations - Table A3.1: FOI release

You asked for Table A3.1 from the Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations for the years between 2013 and 2018 for each of the 32 local authorities. This table shows the percentage of secondary and special school leavers from publicly funded schools by highest SCQF Level achieved and Additional...

FOI released 95 score 18 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-07-26
Reference
FOI/201900002502
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

School children requiring additional support needs/special education needs: FOI release

You asked for: "number of school age children who are formally recorded as having additional support needs/special education needs educated in both mainstream and special schools/units. Require the data between the years 2000 and 2018. Also could you identify the number in the subset of this population diagnosed with a...

FOI released 95 score 10 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-07-26
Reference
FOI/201900002701
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Evaluation Attainment Scotland Fund Head Teacher Survey 2019: FOI release

Any correspondence (emails, typed or handwritten notes, letters, phone calls, minutes of meetings, documents or otherwise) involving Scottish Government ministers and/or senior civil servants and/or special advisers regarding the following publication prior to its release date, including the original draft of the publi...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence ministers special advisers briefings meetings s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-07-17
Reference
FOI/201900002236
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Accessibility strategy for education questions: FOI release

You asked for: Which local authorities do not have an accessibility strategy for education in place as of 7th June 2019? Which local authorities have never produced an accessibility strategy for education at all? Was funding given to local authorities to assist them in producing and implementing their accessibility ...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers s.17(1)
Published
2019-06-25
Reference
FOI/201900002026
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Correspondence and Communications with Teach First in Scotland: FOI release

1. All materials prepared for or related to any meetings between Scottish Government (ministers and/or staff) and Teach First (staff and/or representatives including lobbying organisations and members of the Royal Household). 2. Copies of any communication between the Scottish Government (ministers and/or staff) and T...

FOI unclear 50 score 9 working days correspondence ministers meetings
Published
2019-06-24
Reference
FOI/201900002006
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

LGBTI Inclusive Education Working Group recommendations in relation to curriculum: FOI review

Further to my letter of 22 May 2019, I have now completed my review of our response to your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) regarding LGBT inclusive education policy in Scotland. I have concluded that the original response should be confirmed with slight modifications. “1) I expli...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence briefings
Published
2019-06-19
Reference
FOI/19/00190
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Equality and rights, Public sector

Correspondence to SG regarding subject choice in Scotland's schools: FOI release

You asked for “the content of all letters and emails sent by members of the public to the First Minister and / or the Education Secretary this year regarding subject choice in Scotland's schools.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 26 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-06-14
Reference
FOI/201900001715
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Academic attainment of secondary school leavers: FOI release

You asked for statistics on the attainment of secondary school leavers from publically funded schools by total qualifications achieved and Additional Support Need, from 2011/12 to 2017/18, for six Local Authorities: East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Clackmannanshire, North Lanarkshire, South ...

FOI released 95 score 14 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-06-13
Reference
FOI/201900001772
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Average number of entries into SQA qualifications for S4 pupils: FOI release

You asked for the average number of entries into SQA qualifications per S4 pupil at each secondary school in Scotland. You asked for the information in an Excel table and for the information to be broken down by school for each of the last 10 school years i.e. 2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, and so on. You referred to the a...

FOI released 95 score 16 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-06-12
Reference
FOI/201900001586
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Education Scotland - staff curriculum areas: FOI release

You requested the following information: How many staff working for Education Scotland are allocated to/have responsibility for/work on each individual subject area. Please break the information down by each subject and provide the information as of 1 May 2019. For example, I am looking for something like this: 7 mem...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence
Published
2019-06-07
Reference
FOI/19/01252
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Inverclyde Council's final grant claim: FOI release

You asked for the following: Documentation to support Inverclyde Council's final grant claim for 2016/17 and date. What was the deadline for submitting 2016/17 final grant claim (notified by the Scottish Government). 1st Version of 2017/18 forecast expenditure submitted by Inverclyde Council. Further versions of 20...

FOI released 95 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence 8 attachments
Published
2019-06-04
Reference
FOI/19/01223
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Scottish National Standardised Assessments, correspondence with Professor Sue Ellis: FOI review

Further to my letter of 30 April 2019, I have now completed my review of our response to your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for any correspondence the Scottish Government has (a) sent to or (b) received from Professor Sue Ellis, in relation to Scottish National Standardised Assess...

FOI already published 80 score 17 working days correspondence ministers s.25(1) s.27(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.17 s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-05-30
Reference
FOI/201900001392
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Schemes/progress tackling teacher shortages in priority subjects: FOI release

1. A full list of all subjects regarded as shortage subjects (in terms of teacher numbers) in Scottish secondary schools. 2. Details of current schemes to tackle teacher shortages in each of the identified shortage subjects (or in groups of subjects, such as STEM). 3. Details of any targets for increased teacher number...

FOI unclear 80 score 13 working days correspondence s.2 s.4 2 attachments
Published
2019-05-22
Reference
FOI/201900001357
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Scottish National Standardised Assessments, numbers taking one or both parts: FOI release

How many P1 children have taken (a) one of or (b) both parts of the Scottish National Standardised Assessment since (and including) 20 September 2018, broken down by date and local authority.

FOI released 95 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-05-15
Reference
FOI/201900001074
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Scottish National Standardised Assessments, correspondence with Professor Sue Ellis: FOI release

Any correspondence the Scottish Government has (a) sent to or (b) received from Professor Sue Ellis, in relation to Scottish National Standardised Assessments from May 2015.

FOI already published 80 score 28 working days over deadline correspondence s.25(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.27(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-05-13
Reference
FOI/201900000649
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Langside Primary School Report: FOI release

You asked for the following information: I would like to request access to the above report (Langside Primary School, 1/1/13) under the freedom of information act. The report has now been removed from the school website and I can no longer access. Please advise by return when I should expect to be able to see this repo...

FOI unclear 75 score 4 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-05-07
Reference
FOI/19/01157
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Correspondence relating to meeting of ICEA and statements from Council member: FOI release

 All a) minutes and b) drafts that led to the statement contained in evidence from the Scottish Government on SNSAs (available here), that “Dr Allison Skerrett (from the University of Texas, Austin) speaking on behalf of the Council said that Scotland had carefully designed the assessments, their modes of delivery and...

FOI already published 80 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.25(1) s.29(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 4 attachments
Published
2019-04-10
Reference
FOI/19/00661
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Teaching in a Diverse Scotland Report publication: FOI appeal

1) Copies of all correspondence and communication between the Scottish Government (including the Working Group and members of the Working Group) tasked with drafting this report) and the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, including minutes or notes of meetings/discussions, records of phone conversations, evidenc...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 9 working days correspondence briefings meetings s.2 s.30 s.38(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-04-10
Reference
FOI/18/03373 Appeal
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Regional Improvement Collaboratives (RICs), funding and auditing: FOI release

How much funding has the Scottish Government provided to each RIC so far? How is the money provided to each RIC (for example, is it given to one of the member councils who assumes responsibility for it, or is it managed centrally)? Does the Scottish Government have any role in auditing, authorising or otherwise recor...

FOI transferred 50 score 20 working days correspondence spending
Published
2019-04-03
Reference
FOI/201900000514
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Workings and recommendations of International Council of Education Advisers (ICEA): FOI release

Further to my FOI request 18/00753 it would be appreciated if you would provide an update on activity since April 18. 1. Has the Panel had further meetings? 2. Were there any further recommendations? 3. Were any recommendations implemented? 4. What improvement in Education performance was noticed? 5. Is the panel ...

FOI already published 55 score 19 working days correspondence meetings spending s.25(1) s.27(1)
Published
2019-04-02
Reference
FOI/201900000578
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector