Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

22,640releases indexed
40,478attachments found
29.5avg calendar days
8,386partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-09-02newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,386 unclear 7,405 not held 3,239 released 1,581 already published 700 cost limit 627 clarification 372 withheld 249 transferred 81

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5149 s.20 4430 s.34(1) 3727 s.39(2) 3593 s.30 2994 s.17(1) 2922 s.25(1) 2520 s.10(4) 2060 s.11(2) 1619 s.29(1) 1223 s.2 1222 s.3 958

Timeline

2026-09 1 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,312 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 978 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 961 releases · 30.9 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 737 releases · 39.7 avg days Constitution Directorate 702 releases · 35.9 avg days Population Health Directorate 665 releases · 28.5 avg days People Directorate 657 releases · 25.6 avg days
Clear
7,405 matching releases

Falling ice on Queensferry Crossing: FOI release

Can you please supply information on how many times ice fell from the cables of the Queensferry Crossing on to the road below over the course of the last winter – 2024/25? Can you also supply details of what contingency measures are in place now if this happens, in order to prevent ice falling on to moving vehicles be...

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500494501
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Expenditure forecast regarding tackling poverty and cost of living: FOI release

You asked for the details of “which budget lines in the draft 2025-26 budget were counted to reach that £3 billion figure”, in relation to the press release of 21 February 2025 in which the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice stated "The draft 2025-26 budget continues to invest more than £3 billion to policies which t...

FOI unclear 50 score 7 working days correspondence ministers spending
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500495386
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Retired Scottish Public Pensions Agency pension scheme members are eligible to receive a Remediable Service Statement (RSS): FOI release

1) Does the SPPA know the total number of retired people who are entitled to a statement? If yes what is the number? If yes what is the breakdown by service? 2) SPPA wrote to members with new timescales for resolution. On what basis did SPPA use to set these timescales? Can I get a copy of the report outlining how SPP...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492577
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector, Work and skills

NHS Scotland appointment queries: FOI release

1. Any national guidance, circulars, or governance codes issued by the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland, or Healthcare Improvement Scotland which address the eligibility or restrictions for a clinician with an active caseload to serve as: Chair or Co-Chair of a Clinical Governance Committee, Member of a Board-level Q...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence s.4 s.20
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492684
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice awareness of plans to accommodate asylum seekers: FOI release

The date on which Shirley-Anne Somerville first became aware that the Home Office intended to proceed with the plan to accommodate people seeking asylum in Cameron Barracks in Inverness.

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492479
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
International, Public sector

HM Fire Service Inspectorate Christmas Party enquiry: FOI release

Is your Christmas party funded by staff, or the organisation? Has this changed in the past 2 years?• Has this been at the request of Scottish Government?

FOI unclear 50 score 3 working days correspondence
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500496596
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Legal Aid Traineeship Fund information: FOI release

1. The annual costs incurred by the Scottish Government in delivering the Legal Aid Traineeship Fund for each financial year it was delivered. 2. A breakdown of these costs, including (but not limited to): Salary contributions per trainee. Regulatory costs (e.g., Practising Certificate fees, CPD). Administrative or m...

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492785
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector, Work and skills

Scottish income taxpayer calculation for financial year 2023-24: FOI release

You asked for any information held by the Scottish Government which demonstrates that the 2023-24. Scottish Income Tax Outturn Statistics are incorrect & If the Scottish Government holds no such information, you have requested confirmation if the Scottish Government believe the below claim to be true or false. “More t...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500489121
Directorate
Tax Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Payments and costs of the current Glow contract: FOI release

1. The register shows the current Glow contract runs until 30 September 2027. Could you confirm roughly how the payments are spread over that period — for example, what’s been paid in previous years and what’s expected for 2025–27? I’m just trying to understand whether it’s a steady annual amount or varies year to year...

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts spending
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492420
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Total spending on the proposed Heat in Buildings Bill: FOI release

Please confirm total spending on the proposed Heat in Buildings Bill in each year during the current session of the Scottish Parliament beginning in 2021. Please include details of all spending on the public consultation launched in November 2023 and the analysis of responses.

FOI unclear 50 score 12 working days correspondence spending
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500494499
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Disclosure Scotland - Review of relevant Scottish police information application data: FOI release

1. How many applications for review of relevant Scottish police information by the police have been submitted? 2. How many applications for review of relevant Scottish police information by the police have been successful? 3. How many applications for review of relevant Scottish police information by the independent ...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence s.23 s.24
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492837
Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Education Scotland employee data: FOI release

In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many staff at this organisation have a home address based in England? Please break this down by pay banding If possible.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500493011
Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector, Work and skills

Hybrid working 40% target statistics: FOI release

Under FOISA please can I know the percentage of the civil service that meet the government’s target of 40% of time spent in the office. If possible, can you also let me know how many staff come in 1 day or less each week, if any staff expected to be coming in 40% of the time have been working remotely this entire calen...

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence meetings contracts spending s.17(1)
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492578
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Scottish Fiscal Commission's information on tax payments in Scotland: FOI release

The Scottish Government has frequently claimed that more than half of taxpayers in Scotland pay less income tax than they would if they lived elsewhere in the UK. Based on the most up to date information available to the Scottish Government from the Scottish Fiscal Commission, was that claim true, or false, for the fin...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.25(1)
Published
2026-02-09
Reference
FOI/202500492499
Directorate
Tax Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Details of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy's trip to COP30: FOI release

1. Total Cost: The final total expenditure for the Cabinet Secretary’s trip to COP30. 2. Itemised Breakdown: A breakdown of these costs into the following categories: (a) Travel (including flights, internal transfers, and any carbon offsetting costs); (b) Accommodation; (c) Subsistence; (d) Any other associated costs...

FOI unclear 50 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers special advisers spending
Published
2026-02-04
Reference
FOI/202500498535
Directorate
Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, International, Public sector

Medical Agency spend for HM Fire Service Inspectorate: FOI release

A detailed breakdown of Medical Agency spend for the following periods: 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 1st April 2025 – 31st October 2025

FOI unclear 50 score 0 working days correspondence spending
Published
2026-02-04
Reference
FOI/202500495307
Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Financial information relating to employability programmes: FOI release

Detailed financial information relating to the following employability programmes: No One Left Behind Parental Employability Support Fund Young Person’s Guarantee Please provide the following data for each Scottish local authority, broken down by financial year from 2020/21 to the most recently completed year, and in...

FOI unclear 75 score 12 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-04
Reference
FOI/202500493768
Directorate
Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
Topic
Economy, Public sector, Work and skills

Subsidies and compliance at More Works Holdings/Loch Choire Estate: EIR release

1. Please provide details of any subsidies provided to More Works Holdings/Loch Choire Estate over the last decade. 2. Please also detail any inspections surrounding the use of subsidies at this estate, and whether any breaches were found.

FOI/EIR unclear 75 score 15 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-03
Reference
FOI/202500491618
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural, Public sector

Student Awards Agency Scotland staff evaluation and grading information: FOI release

Information regarding the evaluation and grading of the A3 and A4 roles within the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS), specifically as part of the 2020 A Band Grade Review and in relation to the Civil Service Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS) framework.

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence briefings s.38(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-03
Reference
FOI/202500491185
Directorate
Topic
Education, Money and tax, Public sector

Disclosure of award details to authorised third parties by Social Security Scotland: FOI release

Any policy documents, internal guidance, staff instructions, or training materials used by Social Security Scotland that set out the rules or procedures regarding: Request for information 1: The circumstances in which Social Security Scotland staff may or may not share details of a client’s benefit award (including t...

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-03
Reference
FOI/202500491205
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Number of Scottish Forestry Employees Suspended in 2020 - 2021: FOI release

1. In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many employees at this public body have been suspended with full pay? Where an employee’s suspension covers multiple financial years, please only include the year where they were initially suspended. 2. In relation to Q1, what is the respective sal...

FOI unclear 55 score 5 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)
Published
2026-02-02
Reference
FOI/202500493745
Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector