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

Traffic density figures on section of A9: FOI release

I searched for road statistics on UK Departement of Transport count points maps: https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/#12/57.8197/-4.3315/basemap-countpoints But datasets are sporadic and annual (not seasonal or daily). I believe there is a substantial difference in 'Motor Vehicles' counts between spring and summer for exa...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469526
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

ScotWind leasing revenues: FOI release

Could you supply how much of the ScotWind money earned so far has been spent, how much is left and a breakdown of what it has been spent on?

FOI unclear 55 score 15 working days correspondence s.52

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470123
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

M74 Trunk Road Temporary 30mph Speed: FOI release

Regarding the TTRO 2025 No. 135 ROAD TRAFFIC The M74 Trunk Road (Junction 9 to Junction 11) (Temporary 30mph Speed Restriction) Order 2025 - where and when was this published as per the statutory order prior to its enactment?

FOI unclear 50 score 9 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500471847
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Mitigating the two-child limit data: FOI release

1. The projected annual cost to the Scottish Government of mitigating the two-child limit in each year between 2026 to 2029 (or the closest figures/years that are available). 2. The projected number of households who will benefit from mitigating the two-child limit in each year between 2026 to 2029 (or the closest fig...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence spending s.25(1)

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500471390
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit funding: FOI release

Appearing on BBC Radio Scotland’s Lunchtime Live programme on 28th May 2025, Jimmy Paul, the Head of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, was asked whether the Scottish Government had cut the funding for the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. He said: “So it’s a 3% cut in funding, which amounts to a little over £30,000...

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

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500468619
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Public sector

Primary and secondary school education data: FOI release

You asked for all publicly funded schools in Scotland from the relevant dashboards: Primary Dashboard Data (2021 and 2022): Literacy % Meeting Level (disaggregated by writing, listening & talking, reading if available) Numeracy % Meeting Level Gap in Literacy (most deprived minus least deprived) Gap in Numeracy (most...

FOI unclear 75 score 5 working days correspondence meetings 4 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500472783
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Best Start Foods eligibility: FOI release

Request for information 1: How the income threshold for Best Start Foods is calculated for those applying under ‘No recourse to public funds’? Is there any other monies that are included in addition to a client’s earnings? Request for information 2: The website states – your family income is £2,121.02 or less a month ...

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

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500473023
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Traffic light sequence on specific Greenock junction: EIR release

Confirm the traffic light sequence at the junction between Rue End Street, Greenock, and Brymner Street, Greenock. In particular, we are interested in the traffic light sequence for vehicles wishing to turn right from Rue End Street onto Brymner Street.” You further requested any plan of the junction available please.

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 15 working days correspondence s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500471033
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Gourock to Dunoon passenger ferry services cost: FOI release

Information provided to the Clyde, Kintyre and Island Ferry Stakeholder Group at the most recent meeting was correct, and if we can provide the latest financial information in terms of route costs provided to Ministers.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469721
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Gourock to Dunoon passenger ferry services cost estimate for Option C2: FOI release

Cost estimates for Options C3, C4, and C5 following our previous release to you of the cost estimate for Option C2.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469723
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Scottish Public Pensions Agency 2024 Police Pay award: FOI release

1. Are any of your staff working on the 2024 pay award backlog? Have any of them being doing so i.e. is or have any of them been working through, recalculating and arranging for payment of monies owed to officers in a similar situation to me? 2. Have members of other schemes administered by the SPPA also been affected...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers spending s.2

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500472697
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Cumulative costs of Scottish Government legal fees: FOI Review

Original Request - 202500462518 You asked for 'In the last five financial years (inclusive of 2024/25), please provide the details of which matters counsel or legal advice was sought for any cumulative cost of legal fees of less than £50,000. This should include live and closed matters, with "matters" taken to be a ge...

FOI unclear 55 score 10 working days correspondence ministers spending s.23 s.37 s.20

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500472207 Review of 202500462518
Directorate: Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Staff relocated to and from Scotland House, London: FOI release

You asked for the following information: 1. How many civil servants have relocated from the rest of the UK to work in Scotland in each of the last three years? And how many have gone the opposite way in each of the last three years?

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470014
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Breakdown of additional funding allocated for Gaelic growth: FOI release

A breakdown of the additional £5.7 million allocated to support Gaelic's growth in the 2025/26 budget.

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470224
Directorate: Education Reform Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Gaelic language funding for schools: FOI release

The amount of Gaelic funding given to schools, for each school with their name.

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470493
Directorate: Education Reform Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Scottish Government meetings with Teva Pharmaceuticals: FOI Review

Original Request - 202500469894 In the time period from 01 October 2023 to present: When and where have Scottish Government (SG) ministers or senior civil servants in the SG had meetings with a.) representatives of Teva Pharmaceuticals; b.) Israeli diplomats from the UK's Israeli Embassy, where discussion of Teva P...

FOI unclear 50 score 5 working days correspondence ministers meetings

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500473849 Review of 202500469894
Directorate: Chief Medical Officer Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Formal disciplinary procedures for Scottish Government staff using online video streaming services: FOI release

Please provide the total number of Scottish Government employees who have been subject to disciplinary procedures for using online video streaming services, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, or Apple TV, on Scottish Government laptops since 2021.

FOI unclear 75 score 19 working days correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500482316
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment: FOI release

You asked: “What was the saving to the Scottish Government for not paying Fuel Allowance for Financial Year 2024/2025?”

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500468957
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Records of selected international ministerial engagements: FOI release

Records of international ministerial engagements, including foreign visits, meetings, official missions or events abroad, for the following individuals: Alex Salmond Fiona Hyslop Humza Yousaf Specifically, you requested the date, location, purpose of the visit, and key individuals or organizations met.

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

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500467069
Directorate: Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic: International, Public sector

Forwarded e-mails from ministerial e-mail addresses to personal email addresses: FOI release

Number of times government ministers have forwarded e-mails or documents from their ministerial e-mail addresses to their personal e-mail addresses in calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date? Please provide the data broken down by the name, and role of the government minister for each year. If the same...

FOI unclear 50 score 13 working days correspondence ministers

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500468575
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Payments made by Airlines to participate in the Air Discount Scheme: EIR release

(a) Payment amounts made to each airline participant in the Air Discount Scheme; (b) The number of passenger journeys per airline to which those ADS claims relate; for each of the years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: EIR/202500467847
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Scottish Public Pensions Agency expenses: FOI release

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 2024-25. 3) The total financial loss to your organisation on written off inventory and IT equipme...

FOI unclear 75 score 12 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500468859
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Government training materials of gender ideology: FOI release

What organisation has been responsible for training the Scottish Government and the NHS in gender ideology and how were training materials vetted and commissioned

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

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500467227
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Costs of the National GP coaching service: FOI release

The cost of the National GP coaching service. I would like the figures for the last 3 years.

FOI unclear 50 score 13 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500468531
Directorate: Primary Care Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Social Security Scotland internal and external legal services: FOI release

Request for Information 1: The number of full time equivalent (FTE) employees who work in Social Security Scotland’s internal legal team, including all lawyers, solicitors, etc. in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25. Request for Information 2: The total amount spent by ...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence ministers spending s.20

Published: 2025-09-23
Reference: FOI/202500468165
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills