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FOI/202600516239 · FOI · unclear

List of organisations with access to shared network: FOI release

Published
2026-08-25
Received
2026-05-07
Responded
2026-05-19
Directorate
Corporate Operations Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and with reference to your response to FOI 202600507227, dated 09 MARCH 2026, (in which you stated that the access figures “relate to a computer network that can be accessed by people employed by nearly 50 different public sector organisations, not just the Scottish Government”), please provide:

A complete list of the names of all organisations (including any Scottish Government directorates or divisions) that had access to, or used, this shared computer network during the period 1 September 2025 to 28 February 2026.

If a precise list for that exact period is not held, please provide the most recent list of organisations connected to or authorised to use the shared network (e.g. via SWAN or the iTECS-managed infrastructure) and the approximate number of users or devices per organisation where this information is held.

Please provide the information in tabular form if possible.

Response

A list of all organisations that had access to, or used, this shared computer network during your requested period doesn't exist. Please find below a copy of our most up to date list of all organisations that have access or use the shared network below.

Please find the below list for core Scottish Government, approximately 10,392 users.

Core Scottish Government Status DG Communities Current DG Corporate Current DG Economy Current DG Education & Justice Current DG Health & Social Care Current DG Net Zero Current DG Scottish Exchequer Strategy & Performance Current

External Agencies:

Shared Service Customers Status Staff Count Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) Current 124 British Irish Council (BIC) Current 6 Care Inspectorate Current 2 Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland (CYPCS) On-Boarding 18 Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) Current 114 Community Justice Scotland (CJS) Current 45 Consumer Scotland Current 39 Court of Lord Lyon Current 6 Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal (COPFS) Current 1 Disclosure Scotland (DS) Current 451 Edinburgh Tram Inquiry (ETI) Off-Boarding 3 Education Scotland Current 399 Eljamel Independent Clinical Review Current 3 Eljamel Public Inquiry Current 12 Emma Caldwell Inquiry (ECI) Current 28 Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) Current 27 Food Standards Scotland (FSS) Current 319 Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) Current 1,132 His Majesties Inspector of Education (HMIE) On-Boarding 108 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland (HMIPS) Current 13 HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland Current 16 Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILFS) Current 83 Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland Current 5 Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS) Current 13 National Records of Scotland (NRS) Current 434 National Social Work Agency (NSWA) On-Boarding 28 NatureScot Current 3 Office of the Advocate General (OAG) Off-Boarding 48 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) Current 1 Parole Board for Scotland (PBS) Current 74 Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) Current 95 Poverty and Inequality Commission for Scotland Current 4 Redress Scotland Current 84 Registers of Scotland (RoS) Current 2 Revenue Scotland Current 117 Risk Management Authority (RMA) Current 31 Scotland Office (SO) Off-Boarding 32 Scottish Boundary Commissions Current 7 Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Current 114 Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) Current 491 Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) Current 5 Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) Current 2 Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Current 156 Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) Current 28 Scottish Food Commission On-Boarding 26 Scottish Forestry (SF) Current 246 Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel (SFPAP) Current 3 Scottish Hospitals Inquiry Current 59 Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) Current 58 Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Current 22 Scottish Law Commission (SLC) Current 17 Scottish Parliament Current 1 Scottish Pub Code Adjudicator (SPCA) Current 6 Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) Current 393 Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) Current 87 Scottish Road Works Commissioner (SRWC) Current 7 Sheku Bayoh (Death in Custody) Inquiry Current 43 Social Security Scotland (SSS) Current 4,547 Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) Current 265 Transport Scotland (TS) Current 672 Volunteer Scotland Disclosure Services (VSDS) Current 14 Approx Users 11,189

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

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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