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

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7,195 matching releases

Subscriptions to paid Artificial Intelligence (AI) services: FOI release

1. Whether any Scottish Government departments or agencies (or Scottish Parliament, if sending to them) currently hold or have previously held subscriptions to paid AI services, including but not limited to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, or comparable generative AI platforms. 2. If such ...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 2 attachments

Published: 2025-10-13
Reference: FOI/202500472238
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

Inclusion of Trans and Non-Binary People in Equality Impact Assessments: FOI release

Can you please advise [including precise references to sections of the Equality Act 2010 or Codes published by the Equality & Human Rights Commission] what government’s legal basis is for the inclusion of ‘trans and non-binary’ issues in Equality Impact Assessments ? Could you also please explain what rights Scottish g...

FOI unclear 50 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence

Published: 2025-10-09
Reference: FOI/202500477416
Directorate: Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

EU funding records for Accunostics Ltd and ODX Innovations Ltd Projects: FOI release

For the £2.8m funding to Accunostics Ltd and the £1.8m funding to ODX Innovations Ltd awarded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and the £1.4m funding to Accunostics Ltd awarded by the Scottish Investment Bank (part of Scottish Enterprise), please confirm: 1. Whether any part of the funding was provided, match-funde...

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-10-01
Reference: FOI/202500479609
Directorate: Economic Development Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

Gaelic signage queries: FOI release

Did the Scottish Government request, suggest or require the police, ambulance service and road agencies to include Gaelic signage on their vehicles, road signs, etc?

FOI unclear 50 score 14 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-30
Reference: FOI/202500478501
Directorate: Education Reform Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Local Financial Return (LFR) information: FOI release

1. Copies of all guidance, templates, or instructions issued to local authorities regarding the preparation, population, or structure of the FR00 financial return. 2. Any documentation that outlines: 1. How councils should map their internal chart of accounts or departmental structures to the LFR categories; 2. What...

FOI unclear 55 score 9 working days correspondence briefings s.3 s.4 s.33(1)

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500472917
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Adult Disability Payment queries: FOI release

Information request 1 Can you please confirm what the policy and procedures are for case manager quality control, performance management, audits of determinations, and consistency in determination? Please provide all relevant documentation. Information request 2 When a client requests a re-determination, and the re-...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.25(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470118
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Breakdown of the teams in the Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate: FOI release

A breakdown of the teams in the Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate and for each year from 2020/21 to 2025/26 or to the latest year that data is available: the funding allocated to each team the number of staff members in each team the salary range of each team the median average salary of each team.

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.25(1) s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470137
Directorate: Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

Information on existing breakfast provision in schools: FOI release

What progress has taken place towards mapping free school breakfast provision in Scotland with the local government improvement service.

FOI unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471337
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Education, Public sector

Social Security Scotland social media management: FOI release

Request for Information 1. Do you use a social media management platform? Request for Information 2. If so, what tools do you use? Request for Information 3. What is your annual spend on a social media management tool? Request for Information 4. What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the fo...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470359
Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Display Screens in Scottish Government Offices: FOI release

1. The total number of TVs, monitors, and public-facing screens (e.g., in lobbies, breakout areas, conference rooms, or staff cafés) across all Scottish Government properties. 2. A breakdown of these devices by: Building/location Screen type (e.g. Smart TV, digital signage, standard monitor) Whether each device is in...

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

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470481
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Disclosure Scotland operational budget and staffing: FOI release

1. The total operational budget of Disclosure Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25. 2. The total headcount of Disclosure Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25. 3. The total FTE number of staff employed by Disclosure Scotland in the Financial Years a) ...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence s.25(1)

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471849
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

A85 Taynuilt Village street lights: FOI release

You asked for "by way of a Freedom of Information request (FOI) seeking the total cost of the recent installation of new and disposal of old street lights along the section of the A85 through the Taynuilt Village area".

FOI unclear 50 score 4 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500474723
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Ministerial engagements attended by relation or friend: FOI release

Please provide a list of all ministerial engagements, meetings or visits in 2025 to date where a minister has been accompanied by a spouse/partner, other family member or friend. In each case, please confirm: The relation of the guest to the minister. Whether the friend or family member travel using the ministerial c...

FOI unclear 50 score 15 working days correspondence ministers meetings

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500472116
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Agriculture & Rural Economy Directorate IT services: FOI release

1. The total amount spent on IT services by the Agriculture and Rural Economy directorate for each of the following financial years; 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. 2. A breakdown of the spend provided by 1 above showing the amount spent per company, i.e. Financial Year, Company Name, Amount Received. This need only be ...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470770
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Scottish Government Ministers interactions with Large Language Models (LLM): FOI release

Can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: Any recorded transcripts, logs, outputs, or other documentation of interactions between Scottish Government Ministers and ChatGPT or any other large language model (LLM) from January 1, 2025, to June 18, 2025. This includes ...

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence ministers s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471617
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Reassignment and Restructuring Policy for Social Security Scotland: FOI release

To see the full Reassignment and Restructuring Policy for Social Security Scotland.

FOI unclear 75 score 11 working days correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500479174
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Payments made to the Energy Saving Trust: EIR release

Please can you state how much has been paid to the Energy Saving Trust over the last 5 financial years? There are four associated companies registered at Companies House. Please advise how much was paid to each one: ENERGY SAVING TRUST ENTERPRISES LIMITED trading as WARMWORKS SCOTLAND LLP (SO305326) 223-231, Pentonvil...

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

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: EIR/202500477202
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

UK Prime Minister's pothole fund documentation: FOI release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, and analysis, about Keir Starmer's pothole fund, between March 1 2025 and May 1 2025? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seven-million-more-potholes-to-be-filled-n...

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

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500477276
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Remedial Service Statement statistics: FOI release

1. How many retired members of the Police pension scheme will receive a Remedial Service Statement (RSS)? 2. To date how many RSS’s have been issued to retired members of the Police pension scheme? 3. How many retired members of the Teachers pension scheme will receive a Remedial Service Statement (RSS)? 4. To date ...

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500473518
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Costs of Scottish Government's media room: FOI release

Full breakdown of costs for the Scottish Government's media room from the last five years, broken down per year.

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471222
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) police officer statistics: FOI release

Can you please provide information in respect of police officers who are in immediate detriment due to pension changes and waiting on production of their Remediable Service Statements: 1) Number of retired officers making scheme pays who retired prior to October 2023 and eligible for pension remedy due to being moved ...

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500473191
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Cryptocurrency held by Scottish Government: FOI release

The total value of cryptocurrency that is currently owned or held by the Scottish Government, broken down by the type of cryptocurrency (e.g Bitcoin).

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500468576
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Calculations of UK Government’s spending review: FOI release

Responding to the UK Government’s spending review on 11th June 2025, Shona Robison said: “Had our resource funding for day-to-day priorities grown in line with the UK Government's overall spending, we would have £1.1 billion more to spend on our priorities over the next three years. In effect, Scotland has been short-...

FOI unclear 50 score 12 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470442
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Right to Buy Scheme revenue and statistics: FOI release

You asked for the following information: The total revenue generated for the Scottish Government through the Right to Buy Scheme throughout its existence in Scotland between 1980 to 31st July 2016 broken into each decade, for example from 1980 – 1990, 1990 – 2000, 2000 – 2010, 2010 – 2016. How has this income has bee...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500459052
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Disclosure Scotland spend: FOI release

I am writing to request the following information under freedom of information legislation: 1. The total amount of money spent by your organisation on overtime payments in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. 2. The total amount of money spent fixing/replacing broken equipment in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence contracts spending s.17(1) s.6 s.9

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469462
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector