Scottish Government FOI Index

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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389 matching releases

Correspondence between Scottish Government and SalMar Aker Ocean: EIR Review

Original Request: 202500456187 All email correspondence between your domain ("@gov.scot") and the domain "@salmarakerocean.no" between January 1st 2024 and the date at which you process this request, inclusive.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence meetings s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1) 6 attachments

Published: 2025-07-15
Reference: FOI/202500460409 review of 202500456187
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Ocean Farm 2 working group information: EIR release

The membership of, any documents produced by and a schedule of meetings for any working group established regarding "Ocean Farm 2", an offshore salmon farm in pre-planning stage by SalMar Aker (Ocean). The formation of such a working group was planned at a meeting on 24 June 2024. As such you may limit your search for ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 18 working days correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-07-02
Reference: EIR/202500461059
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Correspondence between BP employees and Scottish Government: EIR release

“For the period 1st January 2024 - date, please provide: 1. All correspondence between employees of BP and the following three directorates of the Scottish Government: Energy and Climate Change, Marine, and Offshore Wind. 2. All documentation relating to meetings (in person or virtual) between employees of BP and rep...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 39 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(5) s.34(1) s.6(1) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-07-01
Reference: EIR/202500453144
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries, +1 more … Public sector

Correspondence with Kverva and SalMar: EIR release

“All email correspondence, including attachments, exchanged from any email address under your domain ("@gov.scot") with any under the domains for SalMar ("@salmar.no"), or Kverva ("@kverva.no"), from 1 January 2024 through to the date at which you process this request.”

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 18 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-06-19
Reference: FOI/202500461058
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Correspondence with Kverva and SalMar: EIR Review

Original request - 202500461058 “All email correspondence, including attachments, exchanged from any email address under your domain ("@gov.scot") with any under the domains for SalMar ("@salmar.no"), or Kverva ("@kverva.no"), from 1 January 2024 through to the date at which you process this request.”

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.10(5) s.9 2 attachments

Published: 2025-06-19
Reference: EIR/202500466995 Review of 202500461058
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Ocean Acidification (OA) on aquaculture: EIR release

Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and the Environmental Information Regulations (2004), I am requesting information regarding Ocean Acidification. This request follows my review of a report concerning Marine Scotland’s findings of shell damage on marine snails and shellfish larvae off the coast of Stonehaven....

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.9 s.10(4) s.4 s.5 2 attachments

Published: 2025-05-15
Reference: EIR/202500455960
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Correspondence involving the Private Office of the First Minister which includes the word “ScotWind”: EIR release

“For the period 1st January 2021 - 17th January 2022, please provide all correspondence involving the Private Office of the First Minister which includes the word “ScotWind”.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-05-15
Reference: EIR/202500455139
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Correspondence between Scottish Government and SalMar Aker Ocean: EIR release

“All email correspondence between your domain ("@gov.scot") and the domain "@salmarakerocean.no" between January 1st 2024 and the date at which you process this request, inclusive.”

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-05-13
Reference: FOI/202500456187
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) diagram regarding wild caught wrasse: EIR release

Your questions related to GSI assessed from wild caught wrasse (data collected by CEFAS). The questions you asked: 1. Is this diagram published as part of a peer-reviewed scientific paper? 2. If so please send a link to the full paper. 3. If the diagram is not from a peer-reviewed paper please supply full details of...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 19 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.9

Published: 2025-05-08
Reference: EIR/202500455076
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Fishing vessel data within Luce Bay: EIR release

The location of any fishing vessel licenced to use scallop dredges within Luce Bay SAC (between GPS coordinates: -4.411125, 54.67795 and -4.964465, 54.80940) between November 1st 2023, and February 26th 2025. The data showing at least Latitude, Longitude (ideally decimal degrees to 3 decimal points, and can you let us...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2)

Published: 2025-05-01
Reference: EIR/202500454628
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Summary of enforcement actions taken by the Marine Directorate: EIR release

A list of enforcement actions taken by the Marine Directorate against vessels in Scottish waters from 1st January 2022 to the date of processing the request, inclusive. For each enforcement action please include: the date it was brought the type of enforcement action (e.g. FPN, advisory letter, request to leave area)...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 40 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-04-30
Reference: EIR/202500450316
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Cleaner fish import data: EIR release

Your communication related to wrasse and lumpfish import data provided previously through EIR 202400420186 and you asked for ‘the dates of each importation from 2020 inclusive’.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-04-10
Reference: EIR/202500455059
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Fine of the Norwegian pelagic trawler, Talbor: EIR release

With regard to the reported fine of the Norwegian pelagic trawler Talbor, may I request to know the reason for: 1. The initial detention 2. The reason for the fine 3. The amount the vessel was fined 4. Why this information was not freely released

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 6 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.2

Published: 2025-04-08
Reference: FOI/202500453363
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Weekly fishing landings and landed value data for Orkney: EIR release

A finial question for my enquires in terms of landings: what is the eateries year that you can provide for weekly fishing landings and landed value into every fishing port in Orkney by every specie and is it possible that I have access to for weekly fishing landings and landed value into every fishing port in Orkney by...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 16 working days correspondence s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 4 attachments

Published: 2025-03-28
Reference: EIR/202500453669
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Green Volt Project correspondence: FOI release

1) Which Special Advisers or Ministers signed off or approved the Environmental Information Response and the attachments to the response which was given the reference number 202400434817? 2) The full email threads which discussed the initial draft freedom of information/environmental information response and attachmen...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers special advisers s.17(1) s.15 s.38 s.34(1) s.30 2 attachments

Published: 2025-03-26
Reference: FOI/202500450751
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Energy, Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Marine Directorate briefings to Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and the Islands and Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy: EIR release

A list of all briefings given to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and the Islands from the Marine Directorate since her appointment. A list of all briefings given to the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy from the Marine Directorate since her appointment.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2)

Published: 2025-03-26
Reference: EIR/202500451796
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Payments and support to Scotland's salmon farming industry: EIR release

The following information regarding payments and support to Scotland's salmon farming industry: 1. For the period 2019-2024, please provide: - A detailed breakdown of all financial support, grants, and payments made to salmon farming companies - The total value of payments made under each support scheme or program - T...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.4 4 attachments

Published: 2025-03-18
Reference: EIR/202500450923
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Money and tax, Public sector

Sectoral Marine Plan and offshore windfarm development: EIR release

The Scottish Government’s Sectoral Marine Plan, published on 28th October 2020, said this: Nationally and at the individual PO level, the effects of consented and licensed offshore windfarm development under this cycle of leasing should not exceed the assumed physical footprint for 10GW of generation as assessed in th...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 17 working days correspondence ministers s.36 s.20 s.39(2)

Published: 2025-03-18
Reference: EIR/202500451988
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Energy, Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Marine Scotland licences granted to former mussel farm at Aird Fhada/Fada: EIR release

My FOI request relates to a former mussel farm at Aird Fhada/Fada, Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll & Bute which was operated by the company Celtic Sea Limited (Company number SC129691). I have searched on https://marine.gov.scot/ but have been unable to find any licences granted by Marine Scotland in respect of th...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 14 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.6(1) s.9 s.34(1) 4 attachments

Published: 2025-02-18
Reference: EIR/202500449166
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

VMS data for ICES rectangles in Scotland: EIR release

Fishing VMS data for all of the ICES rectangles in Scotland for the period of January 2024 - December 2024, if the data is available. Please could speed and nationality information be included as a minimum. Any other available vessel information would also be appreciated.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 15 working days correspondence s.11(2) s.34(1)

Published: 2025-02-14
Reference: EIR/202500446872
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Unlicensed fishing suspicious activity reports statistics: EIR release

How many suspicious activity forms were submitted to Marine Scotland regarding illegal fishing activity at North Berwick in 2024? How many cases of illegal lobster fishing Marine Scotland have successfully prosecuted in the last 5 years?

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2)

Published: 2025-02-14
Reference: EIR/202500446704
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Sea trout sampling sites: EIR release

A paper from 2013 by Middlemas, Fryer, Tulett and John Armstorng that appeared in Fisheries Management & Ecology. Vol 20 68-74 stated on page 70 that a total of 6590 sea trout were sampled from 48 different sites between 2003 and 2009. Please can I have a list of all these 48 sites.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 13 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-31
Reference: EIR/202500447060
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Application for licences to take seals from Scotland's rivers to protect salmon: EIR release

Scottish Government's response to the application for licences to take Seals from Scotland's rivers to protect Salmon. I am interested in the following years, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 17 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.9 s.34(1)

Published: 2025-01-16
Reference: EIR/202400439721
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Strath Halladale Partnership licence request to catch salmon: EIR release

If the Strath Halladale Partnership or anyone in their employment have applied for a licence to catch salmon out of season and to run a hatchery in 2024/25.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 15 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.9

Published: 2024-12-16
Reference: FOI/202400438243
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Site inspection of fish farm at Loch Ness: EIR release

A specific case (site inspection) undertaken by the Scottish Government’s Fish Health Inspectorate relating to the fish farm Loch Ness and case number 2022- 0474. Specifically, your request stipulated: 1) In the first paragraph of the Summary for Information of site Operator: Case Completion Report, dated 01/05/24, it...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4)

Published: 2024-11-04
Reference: EIR/202400433900
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector