Scottish Government FOI Index

3,100releases indexed

4,912attachments found

25.6avg calendar days

1,295partially withheld

2025-09-04oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 1,295 unclear 727 not held 518 released 188 already published 157 cost limit 111 clarification 55 withheld 36 transferred 13

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 973 s.34(1) 704 s.20 608 s.30 582 s.39(2) 502 s.17(1) 477 s.25(1) 395 s.10(4) 308 s.11(2) 253 s.2 239 s.29(1) 237 s.3 165

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 236 releases · 25.0 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 176 releases · 27.2 avg days Culture and External Affairs Directorate 148 releases · 27.7 avg days Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate 116 releases · 33.3 avg days Safer Communities Directorate 99 releases · 22.8 avg days People Directorate 98 releases · 23.4 avg days Marine Directorate 97 releases · 27.4 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 89 releases · 25.5 avg days

Clear

1 matching releases

Latest analysis of testing on farmed salmon: EIR release

The ‘latest analysis and data your organisation has used to permit licencing of farmed salmon’. Your request then proceeded to ask a number of questions. For ease in handling, we have broken these down into sections labelled A, B, C and D: A. With respect to: 1. The chemical analysis for contaminants 2. Microplastic ...

FOI/EIR transferred 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.9

Published: 2026-01-26
Reference: FOI/202500489518
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector