Scottish Government FOI Index

21,792releases indexed

39,278attachments found

29.7avg calendar days

8,073partially withheld

2016-06-13oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,073 unclear 7,195 not held 3,052 released 1,533 already published 668 cost limit 605 clarification 348 withheld 241 transferred 77

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4905 s.20 4252 s.34(1) 3567 s.39(2) 3455 s.30 2866 s.17(1) 2763 s.25(1) 2372 s.10(4) 1971 s.11(2) 1559 s.29(1) 1168 s.2 1152 s.3 903

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 1,275 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 961 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 919 releases · 31.1 avg days Learning Directorate 859 releases · 34.4 avg days Economic Development Directorate 725 releases · 40.0 avg days Constitution Directorate 685 releases · 36.1 avg days Population Health Directorate 645 releases · 28.7 avg days People Directorate 631 releases · 25.8 avg days

Clear

7,195 matching releases

Scottish Government spend on rainbow lanyards: FOI release

How much has the Scottish Government spent on buying rainbow lanyards in each of the last five years?

FOI unclear 50 score 15 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478995
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Breakdown of Chief People Officer hospital visits: FOI release

Breakdown of hospital visits Fiona Hogg, Chief People Officer has done since May 2023 to the present date.

FOI unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478818
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Communications staffing within the Scottish Government: FOI release

1. The number of press and communications staff. 2. A breakdown of these staff by job title (e.g. number of press officers, heads of press office, directors of communications, social media staff, etc). 3. The overall spend on salaries for these staff in the year 2024/25.

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers contracts spending

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500477988
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Evidence of 5% reduction in civil servant headcount: FOI release

During Joe Griffin's appearance in front of MSPs on June 24, he said about reducing the number of civil servants the “direction of travel” was to reduce this, telling MSPs: “We’re down some 5% over the course of the last three years." Could you supply the evidence to back this up?

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence contracts

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: 202500478046
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations and register: EIR release

1. Copies of all the guidance, template documents, checklists and any other documents used by RPID to make screening opinions under the 2017 EIA Regulations. 2. All information held in respect of the referencing system which is used to allocate reference numbers to entries on RPID’s public EIA register.

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.2 s.21 s.1 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478305
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Scottish Government spend on billboard advertising in last 5 years: FOI release

Total annual expenditure, from 2019 to present (covering the last five years), annually, on billboards and billboard advertising, including a breakdown per year what the money was spent on

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478571
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

Teachers Pension Scheme members and receipt of Remediable Service Statements: FOI release

1) How many retired members of the teaching scheme who are due an RSS statement have received theirs? 2) How may retired members of the teaching scheme who are due an RSS statement have yet to receive theirs?

FOI unclear 50 score 13 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500480462
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Charge Place Scotland terminals in Shetland: FOI release

How many ChargePlaceScotland terminals are there in Shetland? How much money has been spent charging cars at these Shetland terminals since they were installed? (I’d like this information given by month). How many times has an overstay fee been implemented on Shetland drivers who have exceeded the one hour time limit a...

FOI unclear 80 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.2 s.25 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: 202500478240
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Education Scotland inclusion, equality and diversity guidance: FOI Review

Orginal Request: 202500471940 1. Has Education Scotland revised any of its published or internal guidance documents for schools, educators, or education authorities in response to the UK Supreme Court judgment of 16 April 2025, which confirmed that the term “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex? 2. ...

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence meetings s.17(1) s.36(1) s.2

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500477857 Review of 202500471940
Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Personal protective equipment (PPE) supply query: FOI release

At the UK Covid Inquiry on March 25, Jeane Freeman agreed with the lawyer’s assertion that “the suppliers of PPE in England had been instructed to prioritise English NHS settings over Scotland, even where suppliers were contractually committed to Scottish supply”. Could you supply any evidence to back this up?

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers contracts

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478045
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Job Families and Job Types within the Scottish Government: FOI release

Further information about the Job Families and Job Types associated with the 21 professions in the Scottish Government.

FOI unclear 80 score 13 working days correspondence s.2 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500479236
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Vessel Replacement and Deployment Programme enquiry: FOI release

In the most recent version of the Vessel Replacement and Deployment Programme (here) , there is reference in paragraph 169 to a vessel options study undertaken by CFL. I have requested a copy of this report from CalMac, however I would also like to ask if TS undertook any other studies of a similar nature that contribu...

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500476441
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

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

Use of third party file portals and future accessibility of Freedom of Information rights queries: FOI release

1. Has the Scottish Government issued any guidance on the use of third-party portals to issue FOI responses? 2. Is there any national policy position on whether public bodies should continue to accept FOI requests by email? 3. Has any cross-government coordination taken place on consolidating or standardising FOI res...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence s.60 s.61 s.9 s.17(1) s.4

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500477785
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Directorate for Energy and Climate Change staff enquiries: FOI release

Staff locations, remote and hybrid work status and office sites for the Directorate for Energy and Climate Change.

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500477178
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Source of meat eaten in Scottish Government buildings: FOI release

The source of the meat that is purchased for use in the canteens and restaurants within the Scottish Government’s main buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Please confirm whether all meat eaten in Scottish Government offices and canteens is produced in Scotland, and if not, the country (or countries) of origin for each...

FOI unclear 50 score 9 working days correspondence contracts

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500479445
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Housing's dashboard information: FOI Review

Original request: 202500471797 A copy of the dashboard containing information relating to housing which the Cabinet Secretary referenced in her interview on STV on 18 June 2025.

FOI unclear 80 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.30 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500477234 Review of 202500471797
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Scottish Government staff performance marking statistics: FOI release

The number of each of the five performance markings given in the past three reporting years broken down by Directorate if possible and DG if note: and within each of these, broken down by grade if possible and band if not.

FOI unclear 75 score 19 working days correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500478346
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) Citizen Engagement Platform queries: FOI release

Dear Scottish Public Pensions Agency, The information that we require, under the Freedom of Information Act, is as follows: 1) Do you use a Citizen Engagement platform? 2) If so, what tools do you use? 3) How much do you spend annually on a Citizen Engagement tool? 4) Which month & year does your contract with your su...

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500480457
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Flag of Convenience Vessels: EIR release

Why there are 11 flag of convenience vessels fishing our EEZ and landing directly to the EU market place missing off the economic link quota payback list.

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence ministers

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500479088
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Economy, Public sector

Student Awards Agency Scotland's social media platform information: FOI release

Details of any software/platforms currently used to manage your organisation’s social media accounts. The annual cost of these tools. The contract expiry date(s) for these tools. Details of any software/platforms used for social listening or media monitoring. The annual cost of these tools. The contract expiry dat...

FOI unclear 55 score 9 working days correspondence contracts spending s.27

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500480665
Directorate
Topic: Public sector

HM Fire Service Inspectorate citizen engagement platform: FOI release

The information that we require, under the Freedom of Information Act, is as follows: 1. Do you use a Citizen Engagement platform? 2. If so, what tools do you use? 3. How much do you spend annually on a Citizen Engagement tool? 4. Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end? A citizen engagement p...

FOI unclear 50 score 3 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500480971
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Health Board funding for tackling heart disease: FOI release

“The total amount of funding provided by the Scottish Government to NHS Health Boards specifically for the purpose of tackling heart disease, from 2020 to the present (including the most recent year available). Broken down by year and health board."

FOI unclear 55 score 10 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500479111
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, 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 Service Scotland (RSS) citizen engagement platform: FOI release

1. Do you use a Citizen Engagement platform? 2. If so, what tools do you use? 3. How much do you spend annually on a Citizen Engagement tool? 4. Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?

FOI unclear 50 score 5 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500480405
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector