Scottish Government FOI Index

21,793releases indexed

39,280attachments found

29.7avg calendar days

8,073partially withheld

2016-06-13oldest in sample

2026-05-18newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,073 unclear 7,195 not held 3,053 released 1,533 already published 668 cost limit 605 clarification 348 withheld 241 transferred 77

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4905 s.20 4253 s.34(1) 3568 s.39(2) 3456 s.30 2866 s.17(1) 2763 s.25(1) 2372 s.10(4) 1972 s.11(2) 1560 s.29(1) 1168 s.2 1152 s.3 903

Timeline

2026-05 340 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 Trade Union Congress (STUC) funding: FOI release

For each financial year from 2014 onwards, please provide a breakdown of Scottish Government funding to the STUC, disaggregated by fund type/area/project.

FOI unclear 80 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.25(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500459426
Directorate: Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
Topic: Economy, Money and tax, Public sector

Permission for the Health Secretary to take a guest to an event: FOI release

In line with the ministerial code, please provide me with the written permission obtained by Neil Gray and/or staff asking the First Minister for written permission to take his child to the football with him.

FOI unclear 80 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500475371
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Minutes of the Equality and Human Rights Commission meeting: FOI release

I understand Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP and Neil Gray MSP met with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on or around 11 June 2025. Please provide minutes of that meeting.

FOI unclear 55 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence meetings s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500475615
Directorate: Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

Scottish Ministers usage of ChatGPT: FOI Review

Original request 202500457224 Please can the Scottish Government provide a list of all search queries made by Scottish ministers to ChatGPT since the start of 2024. This should include the name of the minister who made the search, the title of the search, the question asked to ChatGPT, and its response. It would be g...

FOI unclear 50 score 10 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI 202500462020 review of 202500457224
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Communications between the Director of Energy and Climate Change and selected energy companies: EIR release

Copies of all electronic communications (emails, whatsapp) from 1 July 2024 to 28 March 2025 between Kersti Berge, Director of Energy and Climate Change and senior officials from the following organisations: Shell Equinor Ithaca Energy Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence whatsapp s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500459445
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Public sector

Correspondence on budget impact of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS16): FOI release

All communications between Scottish Government and United Kingdom Government on budget impact of IFRS16.

FOI unclear 75 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500459581
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector, Scottish Budget

Support from The Scottish Government to retailers: FOI release

The Scottish Government is supporting retailers through various reliefs, including the Small Business Bonus Scheme, with a total value of £685 million.

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

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500461997
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Recruitment process and costs relating to the role of Head of Scotland House: FOI release

You asked: Could you supply the full costs of the recruitment process to select the new head of Scotland House London, as well as how many applied and who was selected, with a full breakdown of the costs?

FOI unclear 50 score 12 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500462549
Directorate: Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Scottish Government targets for economic growth publications: FOI release

Your request was for the following information: 1. Does the Scottish Government currently have any official published or unpublished targets for economic growth? If so, please provide what these targets are – what measures are used for the targets (e.g. type of GDP measure), what time spans are contained within the ta...

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500463939
Directorate: Chief Economist Directorate
Topic: Economy, Public sector

Award of Scottish Government Bonds Public Contract: FOI release

You asked: This request is about the following contract: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR528164 Please provide the identity of the 3 companies who unsuccessfully tendered for this contract.

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence contracts

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500466578
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Money and tax, Public sector

Former First Minister's memoir 'Frankly': FOI release

You asked for whether the Scottish Government and any of its quangos has pre-ordered, or received any copies (physical or digital) of Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir ‘Frankly’. If so, please provide: (a) the number of copies (b) the total cost

FOI unclear 50 score 14 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500465695
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Arts, culture and sport, Public sector

Pupils with additional support needs and additional support for learning: FOI release

You asked for: 1. The number of additional support need staff employed in mainstream Scottish primary school 2. The number of Scottish primary schools that cater for pupils who require additional support. 3. The number of pupils with additional support needs attending a mainstream primary school.

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.3

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500466074
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Police Pensions and Meetings with HMRC: FOI release

You asked for the following information: I would like to ask two questions in relation the above act with regards to the amendments to the police pension and meetings with HMRC: 1) How many SPPA employees attended meetings with HMRC to discuss the calculations for the remedy to be paid? 2) What grading were these em...

FOI unclear 55 score 13 working days correspondence meetings s.2

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500466683
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Disclosure Scotland spending on temporary staff: FOI release

How much Disclosure Scotland has spent on employing temporary staff in financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500468630
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Charges for Subject Access Requests: FOI release

You asked for: Please can you provide the total of all £10 charges applied to those requesting a subject access request Pre COVID Post COVID And particularly In 2020

FOI unclear 50 score 3 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500471239
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) funding and eligibility: FOI release

Details of what the £160 million of funding previously planned for universal winter fuel payment for pensions was spent on. This was described as diverted to balance the 2024/25 budget in Audit Scotland’s ‘Fiscal Sustainability and reform in Scotland’ report of November 2024.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500468011
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Economy, Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Government hybrid working queries: FOI release

When did Scottish government first introduce a policy on hybrid working for employee? Can you provide me with a copy of that policy? Can you provide me with the Equality & Diversity Impact Assessment [EQIA] of that policy? What data gathering arrangements were put in place as a result of the EQIA to ensure that the pol...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence ministers contracts

Published: 2025-09-03
Reference: FOI/202500466607
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Date for implementation of 40% office attendance policy: FOI release

My query relates to the '40% attendance in the office' policy for core Scottish Government staff that was recently announced. It is stated this policy is to be in place from October. 1. Can you please confirm the exact date of implementation? 2. Can you confirm whether the implementation date will now be delayed due ...

FOI unclear 50 score 9 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-03
Reference: FOI/202500477661
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Aggregation of complaints by Housing Associations to Scottish Housing Regulator: FOI release

1. Could the Scottish Government please confirm or deny that this 'aggregation' of complaints (as set out above) 'is a requirement of the Scottish Government on the Scottish Housing Regulator to report ASB in this way' as is now claimed by (Redacted) housing association and their specialist FOISA legal team? 2. Could ...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence meetings s.25(1)

Published: 2025-08-29
Reference: FOI/202500476370
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Early learning and childcare funding and statistics: FOI release

1. The funding allocated to ELC funded places in Scotland in the academic years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25? 2. The academic years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, how many nursery pupils in Scotland entered into the system for each month? For example, August X number of pupils started nursery, September Y number of stu...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.17(1) s.3 s.5

Published: 2025-08-28
Reference: FOI/202500476011
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Public sector

Staffing and costs involved in coordinating work on the Independence Prospectus: FOI release

Please provide the number of staff employed within the Scottish Government’s Constitutional Futures Division who were involved in coordinating work on the independence prospectus and related activity, broken down by headcount and pay grade, at each of the following dates: 31 March 2022 31 March 2023 31 March 2024 31 M...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-08-27
Reference: FOI/202500475992
Directorate: Constitution Directorate
Topic: Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Possible purchase of the Bentley Hotel Motherwell: FOI release

Can you please advise me if the Scottish Government has purchased the Bentley Hotel Motherwell.

FOI unclear 50 score 7 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-08-21
Reference: FOI/202500477850
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Money made from selling survey data: FOI release

How much money has the Scottish Government made from selling data, i.e. survey data in each of the last five years, with a breakdown of where the money came from?

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-08-21
Reference: FOI/202500476001
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Age breakdown of Warmer Homes Scotland support: EIR release

The uptake data broken down by age categories, along with information on which eligibility criteria brought them into the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.

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

Published: 2025-08-21
Reference: EIR/202500476314
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Right to work check queries: FOI release

Home Office guidance issued in 2024 recommended that all employers conduct right to work checks on suppliers of contractors/staff. What protocols does your organisation have in place with contractors, of any service, to ensure that right to work checks have been conducted? How many contractors/staff did your organisa...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence contracts

Published: 2025-08-20
Reference: FOI/202500475939
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector