Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

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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Scottish prison population statistics by nationality: FOI release

You asked for the nationality of individuals spending time in prison in each financial year 2016-17 through 2024-25. Please accept my apologies for the partial response issued previously (Ref 202600512777).

FOI released 95 score 14 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-20
Reference
FOI/202600516330
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Documentation regarding Joanna Cherry's book 'Keeping the Dream Alive': FOI release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings and analysis, about Joanna Cherry's book Keeping the Dream Alive, from the last four months.

FOI released 95 score 12 working days correspondence briefings meetings 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-15
Reference
FOI/202600515561
Directorate
Propriety and Ethics Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Male conviction data: FOI release

You asked for available data on cases where the main penalty imposed was an extended sentence (under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) for males in Scotland. Please provide a breakdown, where held, by: age group (preferably 5-year bands, or nearest available) total sentence length, and where separately recor...

FOI released 95 score 14 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-14
Reference
FOI/202600515250
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Custodial sentences of four years or more: FOI release

You asked for annual counts of convictions in Scotland, by sex and gender, from 2012/13 to 2023/24 inclusive, disaggregated by: 1) offenders main offence category (detailed offence groups used in Criminal Proceedings tables), 2) by offender age in 5-year bands from 20-24 to 75-79 (or 80+) by custodial sentence length...

FOI released 95 score 1 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-14
Reference
FOI/202600516396
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Public sector procurement spend: FOI release

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 regarding national procurement spend data for the 2024/25 financial year. To minimize the cost of this request, I am specifically requesting a data extract from the Scottish Procurement Information Hub (or equivalent internal spen...

FOI released 100 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.3 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-14
Reference
FOI/202600514639
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Male conviction statistics: FOI release

You asked for available data on cases where the main penalty imposed was an extended sentence for males in Scotland, broken down by: offence category, using standard Scottish Government groupings, including: crimes of violence (non-sexual) sexual crimes For each financial year from 2012/13 to the most recent year ava...

FOI released 95 score 15 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-14
Reference
FOI/202600515244
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Executive Team workshop costs: FOI release

Please provide all the information that you hold about the financial costs associated with the Scottish Government's Executive Team away day at the International Futures Forum in Aberdour in April 2026. Please include records of any payments made or requested, as well as any discussions around the cost of the away day...

FOI released 95 score 6 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-14
Reference
FOI/202600515352
Directorate
Financial Management Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector, Work and skills

Resource Planning Assumptions and funding for Affordable Housing Supply Programme: FOI release

To ask the Scottish Government for the Resource Planning Assumption for each local authority in relation to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme for the years 2025/26 and 2026/27. To ask for the details of the formula used to allocate affordable housing supply programme funding to each local authority area; how the...

FOI released 100 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-07-08
Reference
FOI/202600514819
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Conviction rates for rape and attempted rape by age of consent of victim: FOI release

The number of rape and attempted rape convictions from October 2023 to March 2024 in contrast to April 2023 to September 2023 separated into conviction rates for offences against those of the age of consent compared to those below the age of consent.

FOI released 75 score 1 working days correspondence s.18 s.1 s.28 s.6
Published
2026-07-08
Reference
FOI/202600509247
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Podcast transcript for Preparing for the 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Election: FOI release

Any intranet posts and comments on or about the Election 2026 Internal Readiness Project Board between February 1 2026 to April 13 2026.

FOI released 95 score 20 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-20
Reference
FOI/202600514538
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Scottish prison nationality statistics: FOI release

You asked for the nationality data about individuals spending time in prison in Scotland disaggregated to country level.

FOI released 95 score 18 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-18
Reference
FOI/202600512777
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

First Minister memorandum or written briefings concerning live or ongoing criminal proceedings: FOI release

I am writing to seek clarification and transparency following your recent evidence to the Scottish Parliament regarding the memorandum you provided to the First Minister on 19 January concerning the prosecution of Mr Peter Murrell. In your explanation, you indicated that the purpose of the memorandum was to ensure tha...

FOI released 100 score 26 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.1 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-18
Reference
FOI/202600509482
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Techscaler annual report 2024 events data: FOI release

In reference to page 43 of the Techscaler Annual Report 2024 and page 40 of the Early Evaluation of the Techscaler Programme 2022-24 report (both linked below), please could you provide an itemised list of each of the events referred to in the reports, including: The event name The date that the event took place The ...

FOI released 100 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.3(2) 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-18
Reference
FOI/202600512263
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Topic
Economy, Public sector

Health Board funding, NHS Resource Allocation Committee comparison, and additional allocations: FOI release

“I would be grateful if you could provide the following information for the most recent 12‑month period for which data is available: Total funding allocated to each NHS Health Board in Scotland, broken down by board. The NRAC (NHS Resource Allocation Committee) target allocation for each board over the same period, an...

FOI released 95 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-14
Reference
FOI/202600510459
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Information relating to First Minister's visit to Washington DC in September 2025: FOI release

1. Correspondence between the First Minister's Private Office and the British Embassy in Washington DC 2. Correspondence between senior (Deputy Director level and above) Scottish Government officials and the British Embassy Washington 3. Correspondence between the First Minister's Private Office and senior (Deputy Di...

FOI released 70 score 17 working days correspondence ministers spending
Published
2026-05-14
Reference
FOI/202600505420
Directorate
Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic
International, Public sector

Costs incurred in legal cases involving For Women Scotland: FOI release

Can you provide to date (January 9 2026) the Scottish government's total costs incurred in legal cases involving feminist campaign group For Women Scotland? Can you provide to date (January 9 2026) the Scottish government's total costs incurred in legal cases involving any challenge to the government policy on placing...

FOI released 70 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending
Published
2026-05-13
Reference
FOI/202600500967
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Records of Law Officers communications with First Minister since 2016: FOI release

In light of recent news re the Murrell case, please could you advise : - A list of cases in the past 10 years where the Lord Advocate has sent a similar notice to the First Minister at a similar stage in criminal proceedings including date(s) of that advice. - A list of cases in the past 10 years where the Lord Advoc...

FOI released 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings
Published
2026-05-13
Reference
FOI/202600507602
Directorate
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Glasgow Afghan United grants and funding awards: FOI release

Details of any Scottish Government grants, contracts, funding awards, or payments made to Glasgow Afghan United (charity number SC044077) from 1 April 2022 to present, including amount, date, programme, purpose, conditions, monitoring requirements, and any conflict-of-interest declarations or management steps recorded ...

FOI released 95 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-08
Reference
FOI/202600511440
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Correspondence to Ministers and Officials from MSPs and Local Councillors on Housing Developments of 50+ Units: FOI release

For the period 1 January 2023 to the present, please provide: Copies of correspondence sent to ministers or officials by MSPs or local councillors regarding specific housing developments of 50 units or more. Where held, any records indicating whether those representations were supportive of, neutral towards, or oppose...

FOI released 100 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.6(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-08
Reference
FOI/202600511685
Directorate
Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Public sector

Communications between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Catholic Church regarding Catholic church buildings: FOI release

All communications (emails, letters, minutes of meetings) generated, received, sent, and retained between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Catholic Church concerning Catholic church buildings, hospitals and care home as well as end-of-life care during the period of 1 January 2022 to 1 January 2023.

FOI released 95 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence meetings 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-07
Reference
FOI/202500497916
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Correspondence relating to the NorthLink’s current Risk Assessment regarding shared cabins: FOI release

1. A copy of ‘NorthLink’s current Risk Assessment’ regarding shared cabins, as referred to in the Cabinet Secretary for Transport’s letter of 24th July 2025 to Beatrice Wishart MSP, if held; 2. Any held correspondence relating to the above document or its contents; 3. Any correspondence relating to Written Parliament...

FOI released 100 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers contracts s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-05-07
Reference
FOI/202500497837
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Processing of applications at Disclosure Scotland: FOI release

Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2024 to the most recent month for which figures are available: 1. For each calendar month in this period, the total number of disclosure applications received, broken down by type (for example: basic, standard, enhanced, PVG – or whatever categories you...

FOI released 100 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence briefings s.3 s.4 s.25(1) 4 attachments
Published
2026-05-07
Reference
FOI/202500497753
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) information: FOI Review

Original request: 202500492194 1. How many ill health retierals RSS’s have been issued since the 1st April 2025. 2. How many staff at the SPPA are dealing with the RSS’s. 3. You have stated that one of the reason for delays was amendments to the HM treasury directions. What were these amendments and when did the SP...

FOI released 75 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.3
Published
2026-05-06
Reference
FOI/202500492601 review of 202500492194
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Transport Scotland's active travel projects: FOI release

The total amount of budget Transport Scotland allocated to active travel projects in this financial year as at April 2025? The total amount of grant Transport Scotland has awarded to Local Authority active travel projects in this financial year to date? Provide a list of active travel grants awarded to Local Authoritie...

FOI released 95 score 12 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending 4 attachments
Published
2026-05-06
Reference
FOI/202500495899
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Scottish Government's Senior Civil Service (SCS) grades 1 and 2 job posts: FOI release

Where the Scottish Government (SG) advertise SCS1 and SCS2 posts, and what proportion of those are advertised across the whole civil service (not just to SG), as well as externally. You also asked how many appointments the SG has made at each SCS1 and SCS2 in the last 12 months, and whether those were permanent, tempo...

FOI released 70 score 12 working days correspondence contracts
Published
2026-05-06
Reference
FOI/202500496891
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills