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Non-conviction information included in the 'Other Relevant Information' section of a disclosure: FOI release

Published
2026-01-13
Received
2025-09-05
Responded
2025-10-02
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

The number of instances annually (over the last five years) that non-conviction information was included in the Other Relevant Information section of a Disclosure.

Response

Please find below a table containing the number of instances since 2020 where ORI was disclosed on a certificate that did not contain any conviction information. Please note that these figures may include a small number of instances where ORI was provided to us in place of a conviction, for example from foreign police forces.

Certificates that contained ORI but did not contain conviction information Year Count 2020 71 2021 297 2022 306 2023 360 2024 336 2025 294 Grand Total 1664

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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