Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

22,922releases indexed
40,952attachments found
29.5avg calendar days
8,507partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-11-04newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,507 unclear 7,460 not held 3,292 released 1,599 already published 716 cost limit 637 clarification 377 withheld 251 transferred 83

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5225 s.20 4485 s.34(1) 3789 s.39(2) 3640 s.30 3038 s.17(1) 2981 s.25(1) 2557 s.10(4) 2089 s.11(2) 1639 s.29(1) 1249 s.2 1245 s.3 980

Timeline

2026-11 48 2026-10 227 2026-09 8 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,336 releases · 27.8 avg days Marine Directorate 991 releases · 29.7 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 972 releases · 31.1 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 678 releases · 28.6 avg days People Directorate 667 releases · 25.5 avg days
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7,460 matching releases

Drug testing carried out within Scottish Government: FOI release

1. The number of drug tests carried out on Scottish Government employees each year since 2014. 2. Details of all drug tests which have been failed by Scottish Government employees since 2014. Please include the date of the test, the reason for the testing, the substance discovered during testing, the employee’s departm...

FOI unclear 50 score 13 working days correspondence
Published
2019-09-27
Reference
FOI/19/02087
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Autism Treatment Plus meetings and communications: FOI release

- Details of any meetings between Scottish Government (officials and/or ministers) and representatives of Autism Treatment Plus - Copies of any communications between Scottish Governments (officials and/or ministers) and representatives of the Autism Treatment Plus from 24/07/2013 to date.

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence ministers meetings
Published
2019-09-26
Reference
FOI/201900003659
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Services to develop Social Program Management (SPM) unsuccessful bids: FOI release

"I would like to know if you could tell me which companies (unsuccessful) bid on the below tender: https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:387492-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0”

FOI unclear 50 score 4 working days correspondence contracts
Published
2019-09-26
Reference
FOI/19/02150
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Lost or stolen employees data storage devices: FOI release

1. How many employee devices that can store data (such as devices including smartphones, laptops, PDAs, external storage devices [hard drives, memory cards, CDs and DVDs] and tablets) were lost or stolen between 1 June 2018 and 1 June 2019 a. Of these devices, if available, how many were lost and how many were stolen ...

FOI unclear 55 score 9 working days correspondence s.5
Published
2019-09-25
Reference
FOI/19/02117
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Unsuccessful bids on 'Framework for the Provisions of Cloud Services' tender: FOI release

You asked ‘I am working at ABG Sundal Collier in Denmark, and I am currently looking in to public tenders. In regard to this, I would like to know if you could tell me which companies (unsuccessful) bid on the below tender’: Regarding this tender: https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:413756-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0

FOI unclear 50 score 2 working days correspondence contracts
Published
2019-09-24
Reference
FOI/19/02156
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Bursaries for students from the lowest income families performance: FOI release

You asked for any information (eg. figures or civil servant briefings) on the Scottish Government's performance regarding its pledge to "invest £16 million on the next financial year to expand and increase bursaries for students from the lowest income families.".

FOI unclear 50 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings contracts spending
Published
2019-09-24
Reference
FOI/201900003420
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Scottish Forestry - fleet vehicles: FOI release

You asked: How many vehicles do Scottish Forestry own? How many vehicles, which were purchased prior to the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 coming into force, have undergone Scottish Forestry rebranding? How many vehicles, which were purchased after the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018...

FOI unclear 50 score 15 working days correspondence
Published
2019-09-24
Reference
FOI/19/02014
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Performance of increasing number of school nurses: FOI release

You asked for "any figures or civil servant briefings on the Scottish Government's performance to date increasing the number of school nurses by 250 by 2022".

FOI unclear 75 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings 4 attachments
Published
2019-09-23
Reference
FOI/201900003411
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Public sector

Numbers and countries of documents served abroad: FOI release

You asked for information on "how many documents have been served from the year 2010 to date and what countries request for documents to be served?"

FOI unclear 75 score 11 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-09-23
Reference
FOI/201900003899
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Transport Scotland - Private finance initiative (PFI) contracts: FOI release

Please can I request under the Freedom of Information Act the following information in relation to any Private Finance Initiative contracts ever struck by yourselves or your predecessor organisations: 1) For each contract, the projected total (whole life) cost of the scheme, in £, detailed when the scheme was first ag...

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending 4 attachments
Published
2019-09-20
Reference
FOI/19/02036
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq funding of students: FOI release

You asked for the following information in relation to the Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq: Details of the background of the funding; How many places are funded per year; and What support provision is provided for fees and living costs.

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence spending
Published
2019-09-20
Reference
FOI/19/02007
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Funded early learning and childcare eligibility and numbers benefitting: FOI release

'In light of the "20,000 children" figure mentioned here: https://www.parliament.scot/S5ChamberOffice/WA20190823.pdf 1. How many children are benefiting from 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare as at April 2019. If a more recent figure is available, e.g. for August 2019, please provide that instead. 2. Th...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.48(1) s.17(1)
Published
2019-09-20
Reference
FOI/201900003490
Directorate
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Education, Public sector

Additional graduate and Higher National Certificate (HNC) places pledge: FOI release

Any information (e.g. figures or civil servant briefings) on the Scottish Government's performance regarding its pledge to work "with the Scottish Funding Council to offer over 1,500 additional places on Higher National Certificate courses in colleges in 2018-19 and over 400 extra graduate level places."

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence briefings
Published
2019-09-20
Reference
FOI/201900003445
Directorate
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

SNP MSPs and MPs visits to Shetland: FOI release

In the last few weeks and up until polling day, many SNP officials including the above mentioned have travelled to Shetland in support of the SNP. As Sturgeon has great difficulty differentiating between her responsibilities as FM and leader of the SNP mostly acting as the later and knowing that this travel usually in...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.17(1) s.39
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FOI/201900003327
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Sectarian incidents at football matches: FOI release

You asked for: 1. The number of sectarian incidents that have taken place at football matches across Scotland. 2. The information to include the number of arrests that have taken place, the number of prosecutions and those who have received a guilty verdict. 3. The information for the last five years.

FOI unclear 55 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence s.1 s.6
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FOI/19/01971
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Arts, culture and sport, Public sector

Future Pathways - summary of expenditure: FOI release

You asked for for a breakdown of how much Future Pathways has spent on staff expenses, staff travel, staff salaries, and staff accommodation costs quarterly since it went live in 2016 and a breakdown of the total cost including venue hire, staff salaries, staff expenses, staff travel and staff accommodation costs for t...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence meetings spending
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FoI/19/01977
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Various questions regarding ‘poverty-related attainment gap’: FOI release

How, specifically, does the Scottish Government define the 'poverty-related attainment gap'? Which specific factors / data points are used? Obviously it involves the difference in performance between people from different socio-economic backgrounds, but I am interested in the specific type of 'performance' used by gove...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FOI/201900003297
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

WT & A McCord - Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements (BPSE) details: FOI release

You asked for information on WT & A McCord in particular the detail of the Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements (BPSE) that they established in 2015, what BPSE they claimed and received in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and details of any BPSE that they have transferred during the period 2015 - 2018.

FOI unclear 50 score 14 working days correspondence spending
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FOI/19/02074
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Overseas students studying at Scottish universities: FOI release

You asked for an indication of the number of overseas students now studying at Scottish universities, particularly in Glasgow, compared with numbers of Scottish students at present along with the trend and effect of this ratio over the past 10 years.

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FOI/201900003538
Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Justice meal allowance spend: FOI release

Any breakdown or further information regarding Humza Yousaf's £150 meal allowance spend on 03/04/2019.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending
Published
2019-09-19
Reference
FOI/201900003423
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Offset carbon footprint of ministerial travel: FOI release

You asked on how many occasions has the Scottish Government used the services of carbon offset schemes to offset the carbon footprint of ministerial travel in each of the past five years? How much was spent on such offsetting in each of the past five years? How many of the offset schemes used were based in (i) Scotland...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence ministers
Published
2019-09-18
Reference
FOI/201900003475
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Accidents in the A82 and A814 areas: FOI release

“I saw an article in the Lochside Press that showed a graphic representation of accidents in Helensburgh and Lomond. It included Helensburgh and a stretch of the A82 along Loch Lomondside but seemed to stop around the Arden turn off for Helensburgh. I attach a link to the information provided. https://www.google.com/ma...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence
Published
2019-09-18
Reference
FOI/19/01990
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport