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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Data on Information pertaining to its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy and AI systems: FOI release

To ask the Scottish Parliament and/or government for the following data: 1. Any recorded data on Information pertaining to its 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy', including road-maps, timelines, milestones and responsible Scottish or UK ministers. 2. Any recorded data on AI systems and service suppliers that hav...

FOI clarification 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers contracts spending s.2 s.4 s.12(1) s.12 s.17(1)

Published: 2026-05-06
Reference: FOI/202500495378
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for frontline health & social care worker groups: FOI release

You asked for information on the following, in respect of the removal of unpaid carers from the COVID-19 vaccination programme: 1. Timeline discrepancy and date of the Scottish Government’s decision 2. Wider implications for clinical safety 3. Request for documentation of the decision 4. Minutes or summary of the m...

FOI clarification 80 score 16 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.30 s.38(1) s.36(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2026-02-11
Reference: FOI/202500494428
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

First Minister's visit to Malawi and Zambia information: FOI release

Information in relation to the First Minister's recent visit to Malawi and Zambia, specifically: A clarification on how this visit adheres to the Scottish Ministerial Code A breakdown of costs of this visit Rationale for undertaking this visit

FOI clarification 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending s.17(1)

Published: 2026-01-26
Reference: FOI/202500489496
Directorate: Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic: International, Public sector

Education Scotland policy reviews since UK Supreme Court decision: FOI Review

Original Request: 202500472710 Following the 2024 UK Supreme Court ruling in R (on the application of For Women Scotland) v Scottish Ministers, the legal definition of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 has been confirmed to mean biological sex. This clarification has significant implications for education policy, safegua...

FOI clarification 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.17(1)

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478087 Review of 202500472710
Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Subscriptions to paid Artificial Intelligence (AI) services: FOI Review

Original Request 202500472238 1.Whether any Scottish Government departments or agencies (or Scottish Parliament, if sending to them) currently hold or have previously held subscriptions to paid AI services, including but not limited to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, or comparable generat...

FOI clarification 80 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 s.17(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500477145 Review of 202500472238
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Blue Badge scheme “risk in traffic” eligibility criterion information: FOI release

Information in relation to the Blue Badge scheme in Scotland, specifically the “risk in traffic” eligibility criterion introduced via the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/72).

FOI clarification 80 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.25(1) s.17(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.36(1) 4 attachments

Published: 2025-09-30
Reference: FOI/202500477280
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Ministerial travel costs: FOI release

You asked for the Cabinet expenditure on First Class Travel / Business Travel by Air / Rail or other means, the number of tickets purchased and any onward travel costs (not associated with Parliament business), and for this to be provided for each Parliament term. You clarified on 6 June that you were interested in Fi...

FOI clarification 55 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.25(1) s.27(1) s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500468954
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

A96 Corridor Review: FOI release

1. All documents and advice, submissions and information provided to the minister and exchanges with officials and any other bodies such as HIE, relating to the advice to which the minister referred as having been commissioned, and all subsequent advice preferred to her please. 2. More specifically, the impact the gro...

FOI clarification 80 score 35 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.30 s.38(1) s.17(1) 4 attachments

Published: 2025-09-08
Reference: FOI/202500458022
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Clarification on Scottish Government correspondence response times: FOI release

I refer to your letter of 11 July 2025 in connection with my FOI request (your reference: 202500470931). In that letter, you state: "Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, we are normally required to respond within 20 working days. However, due to the volume and complexity of the information requested a...

FOI clarification 55 score 14 working days correspondence ministers meetings whatsapp s.10(1) s.1(3) s.10(2) s.10(3) s.17(1)

Published: 2025-08-19
Reference: FOI/202500475608
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Police Pension Scheme Remedy Arrangements and Remedial Service Statements: FOI Review

Original request 202500462587 This FOI request concerns the Scottish Government and SPPA responsibilities around the 2015 Remedy arrangements for police pension schemes, the issue of Remediable Service Statements (RSSs) and the fact that SPPA breached the 31st March statutory deadline to issue RSSs to thousands of pen...

FOI clarification 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-08-05
Reference: FOI/202500468754 Review of 202500462587
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Government request responses and use of free & frank advice exception: FOI release

In this request, when I refer to ‘free and frank advice exceptions’ I mean to refer to the application of a exemption from disclosure of requested information from a public body as an FOI or EIR request on the grounds that disclosure would inhibit the free and frank provision of advice, inhibit the free and frank excha...

FOI clarification 80 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings spending s.2A s.25(1) s.6(1) s.12 s.29(1) s.30 s.17(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-07-17
Reference: FOI/202500461547
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Property Factors (Scotland) Act data: FOI release

Year by year from 2011, when the Property Factors (Scotland) Act was introduced up until the present date (17.01.2025). Please supply in CSV or Excel format when possible. 1. How many property factors are there in total? a) Please break this down year-by-year 2. What is the average factor fee people are paying per q...

FOI clarification 80 score 17 working days correspondence s.17(1) 6 attachments

Published: 2025-02-20
Reference: FOI/202500448749
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector