Scottish Government FOI Index

Estates or large land holdings approached by Forestry and Land Scotland to purchase: FOI release

1. Between 2021 and 2023, what estates or large land holdings – other than Glen Prosen – did Forestry and Land Scotland/Scottish Ministers approach to purchase? 2. What was the value of each of those estates? 3. What was the strategic importance of those estates, and why were they not chosen?

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500478874
Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Software used to manage Science & Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) social media accounts: FOI release

“Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, please provide: 1. Details of any software/platforms currently used to manage your organisation’s social media accounts. 2. The annual cost of these tools. 3. The contract expiry date(s) for these tools. 4. Details of any software/platforms used for social list...

FOI unclear 55 score 3 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 s.3 s.4 s.6 s.7

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500480693
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Rent Officer training and valuation guidance from Rent Service Scotland: FOI release

Please provide all internal training materials, guidance documents, or policy manuals currently used by Rent Service Scotland in the training of Rent Officers regarding the assessment of open market rent. Specifically, I am requesting any documentation regarding the use of comparables, condition-based adjustments, and ...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers s.32 s.34 s.2

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500478187
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Rent assessments conducted by Rent Officers: FOI release

Please provide any internal policy, guidance, or statistical data regarding the use of Let Agreed versus advertised only properties in rent assessments conducted by Rent Officers. Additionally, please provide the percentage of rent determinations made in the past 24 months that relied on one or more properties not conf...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence s.17(1) s.34 s.2

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500478188
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Clyde and Hebrides and Northern Isles ferry service data: FOI release

You asked for "Please can I request the following information: 1. Across the last five years, how many instances have there been where Clyde and Hebrides ferry service have operated on a reduced service? 2. Across the last five years, how many how many Clyde and Hebrides ferries have been cancelled? 3. Across the la...

FOI unclear 55 score 26 working days over deadline correspondence contracts s.2 s.4

Published: 2025-10-23
Reference: FOI/202500475387
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Scottish Government bonds: FOI release

1. How many civil servants are involved in progressing the initiative? 2. How many government ministers are involved, and who are they? 3. What decisions have been taken thus far? 4. When the first bonds are due to be issued? 5. Whether or not the UK Government has been consulted and if so, how and when? 6. The re...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-10-20
Reference: FOI/202500476091
Directorate: Exchequer Strategy Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

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

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 generative AI platforms. 2. If such ...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 2 attachments

Published: 2025-10-13
Reference: FOI/202500472238
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

Display Screens in Scottish Government Offices: FOI release

1. The total number of TVs, monitors, and public-facing screens (e.g., in lobbies, breakout areas, conference rooms, or staff cafés) across all Scottish Government properties. 2. A breakdown of these devices by: Building/location Screen type (e.g. Smart TV, digital signage, standard monitor) Whether each device is in...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence s.2 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470481
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) police officer statistics: FOI release

Can you please provide information in respect of police officers who are in immediate detriment due to pension changes and waiting on production of their Remediable Service Statements: 1) Number of retired officers making scheme pays who retired prior to October 2023 and eligible for pension remedy due to being moved ...

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500473191
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Public Pensions Agency 2024 Police Pay award: FOI release

1. Are any of your staff working on the 2024 pay award backlog? Have any of them being doing so i.e. is or have any of them been working through, recalculating and arranging for payment of monies owed to officers in a similar situation to me? 2. Have members of other schemes administered by the SPPA also been affected...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers spending s.2

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500472697
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Costs for protecting Scotland’s democracy meeting: FOI release

1. All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), briefings, minutes/notes from meetings and analysis, about the upcoming Contribution to international development report, from the last three months. 2. The full costs, plus a breakdown of them, of th...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence briefings meetings spending s.2 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500464002
Directorate: Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

In-house lawyers employed by the Scottish Government: FOI release

For each year from 2015 until the present year, 2025, please may you tell me: 1. How many in-house lawyers the Scottish Government employs. 2. For each year please tell me the overall salary costs. 3. For each year please provide me with a breakdown of salary bandings ie C3 – 2 people, C1 – 4 people.

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.2 s.3 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500462521
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Student Awards Agency Scotland organisational spend: FOI release

Please provide the following information for each financial year from 2021–22 to 2025–26 (to date) and please breakdown the information by each year: 1. The cost of overtime paid to employees. 2. The cost of agency and temporary staff. 3. The cost to recruitment agencies. 4. The cost of all spending on external con...

FOI unclear 80 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.2 s.4 s.5 s.7 s.8 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500476678
Directorate
Topic: Education, Money and tax, Public sector

Police Pensions and Meetings with HMRC: FOI release

You asked for the following information: I would like to ask two questions in relation the above act with regards to the amendments to the police pension and meetings with HMRC: 1) How many SPPA employees attended meetings with HMRC to discuss the calculations for the remedy to be paid? 2) What grading were these em...

FOI unclear 55 score 13 working days correspondence meetings s.2

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500466683
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Special Advisers and ChatGPT documentation: FOI release

Any recorded transcripts, logs, outputs, or other documentation of interactions between Scottish Government Special Advisers and ChatGPT or any other large language model (LLM) from January 1, 2025, to June 18, 2025. This includes any saved chats, screenshots, exported files, or other relevant records held by the Scot...

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence ministers special advisers s.2 s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-08-06
Reference: FOI/202500471620
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Lighting columns on the Transport Scotland road network information: FOI release

Information concerning lighting columns on the Transport Scotland road network. For ease of response I have repeated your questions below.

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence contracts s.1 s.2

Published: 2025-08-04
Reference: FOI/202500468868
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Minister for Public Health and Women's Health's diary engagements: FOI release

1. A copy of the diary for the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Jenni Minto MSP, for Monday 28th April 2025, including but not limited to all meetings, engagements and any other commitments. 2. How much time Ms Minto spent at 'Holyrood Dog of the Year 2025' on Monday 28th April 2025, including travel tim...

FOI unclear 55 score 6 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.2 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-07-17
Reference: FOI/202500463649
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Statistics on Remediable Service Statements (RSS) issued to police officers: FOI release

1. Can you tell me on 01/03/2025, how many remedial service statements (RSS) have been issued to police officers since 1/10/2023 with a break down to each category of member ie protected, unprotected and tapered? 2. Can you tell me on 31/03/2025 , how many remedial service statements (RSS) have been issued to police o...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence s.2 s.3 s.4

Published: 2025-07-16
Reference: FOI/202500460666
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) letters issued to Immediate Choice members: FOI release

1. How many RSS letters have been issued to immediate detriment pensioners that are due a payment (not the ones who retired in 2015 and are fully protected). 2. As of 31/03/2023 how Many pensioners have received a payment their payment from returned RSS’s. 3. What is the deadline for paying members their money, keepi...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.3 s.2 s.65 s.20

Published: 2025-07-14
Reference: FOI/202500460813
Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Data on consultants hired to help administer agricultural support payments: FOI release

In terms external consultants that have been hired by the Scottish Government to help administer agricultural support payments could you outline: 1. The total number of consultants that have been involved since 2016? 2. Could you list the duties or functions carried out by the consultants since 2016? 3. Could you sh...

FOI unclear 55 score 14 working days correspondence ministers spending s.2 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-07-07
Reference: FOI/202500459422
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Money and tax, Public sector

Remediable Service Statement information for Police Pensions: FOI release

With regards to the McCloud Remedy which was introduced in respect of Public Sector Pensions, I am writing to establish the following with regards to Police Pensions only. 1. In relation to Police Officers who retired as of 1st April 2022 and who would have been affected by the McCloud Remedy, how many officers have r...

FOI unclear 55 score 10 working days correspondence briefings spending s.2 s.3

Published: 2025-06-11
Reference: FOI/202500458056
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Police Pension Remedy Statement statistics: FOI release

1. As of 16.03.25, how many former police officers have been issued with their Remedy Statements? 2. The SPPA has publicly stated that the majority of those former officers will receive their Remedy Statements by 31.03.25, what information is available regarding the planned schedule of these being issued? 3. Further ...

FOI unclear 55 score 10 working days correspondence s.2

Published: 2025-05-15
Reference: FOI/202500457510
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish secondary schools catering for pupils with additional support needs: FOI release

1. The number of additional support need staff employed in mainstream Scottish secondary schools. 2. The number of Scottish secondary schools that cater for pupils who require additional support. 3. The number of pupils with additional support needs attending a mainstream secondary school.

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.2 s.3

Published: 2025-05-12
Reference: FOI/202500455975
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Additional support needs (ASN) secondary school staffing and pupils: FOI release