Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

21,864releases indexed
39,478attachments found
29.7avg calendar days
8,113partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-06-12newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,113 unclear 7,200 not held 3,069 released 1,537 already published 671 cost limit 607 clarification 349 withheld 241 transferred 77

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4931 s.20 4280 s.34(1) 3589 s.39(2) 3481 s.30 2878 s.17(1) 2774 s.25(1) 2381 s.10(4) 1987 s.11(2) 1571 s.29(1) 1175 s.2 1158 s.3 908

Timeline

2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589 2026-01 479 2025-12 177 2025-11 263

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,279 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 967 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 923 releases · 31.0 avg days Learning Directorate 861 releases · 34.4 avg days Economic Development Directorate 729 releases · 39.9 avg days Constitution Directorate 685 releases · 36.1 avg days Population Health Directorate 645 releases · 28.7 avg days People Directorate 633 releases · 25.8 avg days
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Recreational General Aviation during coronavirus pandemic communications: FOI release

Any information including but not limited to communication with the DfT / CAA, and internal communications, with respect to the status of Recreational General Aviation activities (including outdoor recreation powered flight, microlight, gliding activities etc) under the The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions...

FOI unclear 80 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 6 attachments
Published
2021-05-24
Reference
FOI/202100170573
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Arts, culture and sport, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, +1 more … Public sector

Non-UK companies awarded contracts during 2016-2021 parliamentary sessions: FOI release

1. Referring to the response in FOI: 202100176786, can you please provide a list of names of the 39 non-UK companies which were awarded during the 2016-2021 parliamentary session. 2. Could you also provide the contract reference number for each contract awarded to each company. Please ensure this reference number is th...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence contracts spending
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100194626
Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Money and tax, Public sector

Total spend on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft per annum: FOI release

1. How much over the past few years has the Scottish Govt and all the agencies spent with Amazon AWS broken down by year. 2. Likewise the same information with regards Microsoft Azure but also with Microsoft as a whole.

FOI unclear 75 score 185 working days over deadline correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202000080835
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Funding allocated to Scottish Rugby Union limited: FOI release

1. The terms applied by the Scottish Government to the grant and loan funds made available to Scottish Rugby Union Limited comprising £15 million in grants and £5 million in loan funding. 2. A copy of the conditional missive agreed between the Scottish Government and Scottish Rugby Union Limited for these funds. 3. Cop...

FOI unclear 80 score 32 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings s.3 2 attachments
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100186914
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Money and tax, Public sector

Information relating to First Home Fund: FOI release

1. The number of applications made to the First Home Fund in 2021/22, and the number of those which were successful. 2. The number of inquiries made about the First Home Fund in 2021/22. 3. The number of complaints received by the Scottish Government about the First Home Fund in 2021/22.

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100195615
Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Covid-19 impact on women’s health: FOI release

You asked for information on blood clots and the AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine, women’s sexual health and the current Government plan of action to vaccinate the under 30s.

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence contracts spending
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100195565
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Information relating to published guidance on sex and gender: FOI release

Information in relation to draft guidance on collecting data on sex and gender published by the Chief Statistician in December 2020: 1. How many responses have been received by the Scottish Government to this guidance? 2. How many of those responses came from individuals and how many from organisations? 3. Please provi...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence meetings s.4 s.3
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100196887
Directorate
Digital Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Deputy First Minister’s private office running cost: FOI release

How much taxpayers are paying towards secretarial /admin services for John Swinney as Cabinet Secretary for Education.

FOI unclear 50 score 41 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100197327
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Government practice around disposal of confidential waste: FOI release

You asked for information on various aspects of the Scottish Government's arrangements for dealing with confidential waste. 1. Has confidential waste been procured via tender or framework or another means? 2. If a framework, could you confirm the name of the framework please? 3. Actual contract values of each framework...

FOI unclear 55 score 5 working days correspondence contracts spending s.3 s.5
Published
2021-05-21
Reference
FOI/202100201930
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Total funding provided to The Daily Mile Foundation: FOI release

I would like to know how much funding, per annum, the Scottish Government is providing to The Daily Mile Foundation (Charity number: 1166911) in direct financial payments and benefit in kind payments via office space or administrative support to The Daily Mile Foundation's activities in Scotland.

FOI unclear 50 score 2 working days correspondence spending
Published
2021-05-20
Reference
FOI/202100198143
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Funding provided to Interventions for Vulnerable Youth (IVY) project: FOI release

Information concerning the IVY Project based at Kibble Education & Care Centre in Paisley: 1. The total amount of Scottish Government funding provided to the IVY Project between 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021. 2. The staffing structure of the IVY Project between 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021. 3. The number of Level 1 case...

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence
Published
2021-05-20
Reference
FOI/202100191075
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Annual road vehicle procurement: FOI release

All information held by the Scottish Government from 2016 onward which shows the number of road vehicles procured annually by the Scottish Government and by NDPBs, or as great a subset of the total as is held centrally, broken down by year, by fuel (petrol, diesel, electric) and where possible by agency or body.

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence contracts s.17(1)
Published
2021-05-20
Reference
FOI/202100184977
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

COVID-19 social media marketing spend: FOI release

Breakdown of social media marketing spend, broken down to each platform level (i.e. £x on YouTube,£y on Facebook), promoting content that is specifically relating to Covid-19 covering the pandemic for the last financial year.

FOI unclear 50 score 14 working days correspondence spending
Published
2021-05-20
Reference
FOI/202100195521
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Money and tax, Public sector

Free parking at Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary breakdown: FOI release

Please can you outline the monthly and annual cost to Scottish Government of making the parking at Ninewells, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary hospitals free for the year between April 2020 and March 2021.

FOI unclear 50 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence spending
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100184313
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Breakdown of websites accessed by Scottish Government staff: FOI release

For the year 2020 and for January and February 2021 (up to the date of this request), please provide the number of times each of the following websites were accessed by Scottish Government staff. 1. telegraph.co.uk 2. heraldscotland.com 3. thescottishsun.co.uk 4. dailymail.co.uk 5. theguardian.com 6. dailyrecord.co.uk ...

FOI unclear 50 score 29 working days over deadline correspondence
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100175753
Directorate
Digital Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Low Emission Zone Support Fund: EIR release

1) what has the take-up of this offer been for each of the 4 cities involved 2) what co-ordination arrangements were in place with the Car Club operators, bike hire operators, bus operators (& CPT Scotland), and suppliers of EAPC to ensure that their provision of vehicles/services was ready for a tranche of new custom...

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.4 2 attachments
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100180524
Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector, +1 more … Transport

Education Scotland statistics of staff survey results: FOI release

"Could you please share with me the results of any evaluations of impact that Education Scotland has carried out over the course of the past year (March 2020-March 2021) including, but not exclusive to, any surveys of teachers or headteachers Education Scotland has carried out asking them to feedback on support, or pro...

FOI unclear 75 score 28 working days over deadline correspondence 4 attachments
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100173928
Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Candidates gender, nationality and ethnicity who applied for legal trainee: FOI release

1. For the post of legal trainee solicitor – the sex , gender , nationality and ethnicity of those offered an interview for 2021, 2020 and 2019. 2. For the post of legal trainee solicitor – the sex , gender, nationality and ethnicity of those offered the post for 2021, 2020 and 2019

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100187552
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Scottish Government recruitment breakdown: FOI release

1. How many jobs were advertised for positions in your department between January 31st 2020 and January 31st 2021? 2. In this time period, how many applicants applied for each job? 3. In this time period, what percentage of applicants were from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background? 4. In this time perio...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100188238
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Marine Scotland correspondence with Aquaculture industry: EIR release

1. I note that you state - “Marine Scotland recently wrote to the aquaculture industry reminding them of their obligations under the Habitats Regulations and EPS licensing. The letter also advised that as a responsible regulator, Marine Scotland has a duty to ensure that the Habitats Regulations are being complied with...

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 12 working days correspondence s.20 s.1 2 attachments
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100194935
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Recruitment for chief executive of Children’s Hearings Scotland: FOI release

Following the retirement of Boyd Mcadam as Chief Executive of Children's Hearings Scotland can you please tell me- 1. The names of the online and print media the job advert for Chief Executive featuded in? 2. How many applicants applied for the job? 3. How many people were interviewed for the position of Chief Executiv...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100188929
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Capital and revenue cost to date for taxpayers purchases: FOI release

I would like to know the following. The capital and revenue cost to date for taxpayer purchases. Baby Boxes, Ferguson Ship Yard, Prestwick Airport and BiFab.

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence ministers spending
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100186560
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Communications regarding Rangers Football Club supporter celebrations 2021: FOI release

All information (eg, correspondence, memos, etc) involving the Scottish Government and outside bodies (including Glasgow City Council, Rangers FC, Police Scotland) ahead of the Rangers v St Mirren game on Saturday 6 March and Dundee United v Celtic on Sunday 7 March, about the potential safety/public order issues relat...

FOI unclear 75 score 26 working days over deadline correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2021-05-19
Reference
FOI/202100175739
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Arts, culture and sport, Law and order, Public sector