Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

21,864releases indexed
39,478attachments found
29.7avg calendar days
8,113partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-06-12newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,113 unclear 7,200 not held 3,069 released 1,537 already published 671 cost limit 607 clarification 349 withheld 241 transferred 77

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4931 s.20 4280 s.34(1) 3589 s.39(2) 3481 s.30 2878 s.17(1) 2774 s.25(1) 2381 s.10(4) 1987 s.11(2) 1571 s.29(1) 1175 s.2 1158 s.3 908

Timeline

2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589 2026-01 479 2025-12 177 2025-11 263

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,279 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 967 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 923 releases · 31.0 avg days Learning Directorate 861 releases · 34.4 avg days Economic Development Directorate 729 releases · 39.9 avg days Constitution Directorate 685 releases · 36.1 avg days Population Health Directorate 645 releases · 28.7 avg days People Directorate 633 releases · 25.8 avg days
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Correspondence regarding the fund for Carbon Capture as part of the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energy Technologies Fund: EIR release

All correspondence received by or communicated from any of the Scottish Ministers, or their special advisors, from January 1 2025 to June 1 2025, relating to the £80m fund for Carbon Capture as part of the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energy Technologies Fund.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) 2 attachments
Published
2026-01-27
Reference
FOI/202500490116
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy meetings with energy companies: EIR release

1. Since 1 April 2025 to 12 November 2025, on how many occasions have the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy or her officials met with SSEN, Scottish Power, or any other company involved in the transmission or distribution of electricity in Scotland (please specify). 2. Please provide any minutes from the...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(4) s.10(5) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-01-27
Reference
EIR/202500493395
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Area Based Schemes Guidance: EIR release

Copy of your latest Area Based Schemes Guidance please. The only one available on your website is the Area Based Schemes Guidance 2022-2023. In the 2022 document you also say that "the ABS team will commission at least one independent QA inspection of every Area Based Scheme in Scotland (all 32 councils)." - can you s...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.12(5) 4 attachments
Published
2026-01-26
Reference
FOI/202500489302
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy meeting held regarding opposition to wind farms: EIR release

How many meetings has Gillian Martin held with campaigners/campaign groups against pylons, and campaigners/campaign groups against wind farms, in the last two years? Could you supply a list of requests made to Ms Martin and or/her office for meetings by these campaign groups in the same time frame?

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1)
Published
2026-01-21
Reference
FOI/202500489409
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Emerging Energy Technologies Fund spend: EIR release

Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, about the £80m promised by the Scottish Government to the Acorn Project, from the last three months? How much of this has actually been ...

FOI/EIR cost limit 45 score 14 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)
Published
2026-01-20
Reference
EIR/202500489701
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change

Coal mining activity in Scotland: EIR release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence held and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis about new coal mines being created, from the last three months.

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 15 working days correspondence briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)
Published
2026-01-20
Reference
FOI/202500489421
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) application statistics: EIR release

ECU Applications Database - BESS Applications The ECU applications database holds information for BESS in the following categories. It allows the user to search the database for planning decisions made 28 Days before the current date of the search. I do not have the skills to interrogate databases, and the information...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.6 s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2026-01-12
Reference
EIR/202500484429
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) application statistics: EIR release

ECU Applications Database - LDES Applications The ECU applications database holds information for LDES (Long Duration Energy Storage systems) and, It allows the user to search the database for planning decisions made 28 Days before the current date of the search. I do not have the skills to interrogate databases, and ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.6 s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2026-01-12
Reference
EIR/202500484430
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Climate Change Plan meeting materials: EIR release

All minutes/notes from meetings and briefings written by civil servants and seen by Gillian Martin and/or her office, about the climate change plan, from the last month.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11 s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2026-01-12
Reference
EIR/202500485065
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme: EIR release

The Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme [link] features a ‘rural uplift’ which is available to applicants in 'off-gas accessible rural' areas. Please provide the list of postcodes which are considered to be ‘off-gas’ for this purpose, i.e. those where the applicant would be informed they are eligible for the up...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 13 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2026-01-12
Reference
FOI/202500483570
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Cockenzie Battery Energy Storage System application queries: EIR release

1. The name(s) of the Scottish Minister(s) who formally approved the application for the Cockenzie Battery Energy Storage System (ECU Reference: ECU00006022), which was determined on 23 July 2025. 2. Copies of the ministerial decision letter(s) or any documentation recording the formal decision, including signatures o...

FOI/EIR already published 80 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.10(4) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-01-06
Reference
EIR/202500484090
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Information regarding the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy's meeting with various selected companies: EIR release

1. The dates, times and locations of all meetings and talks held between Ms. Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy between 1st May, 2023 to the present date and each of the following companies: SSEN Transmission Had Fab Ltd. Murphy Transmission and Distribution Ltd. Wood Transmission and Dist...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 16 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-31
Reference
FOI/202500482647
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Information regarding the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy's engagements with various organisations: EIR release

1. The dates, times and locations of all meetings and talks held between Ms. Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy between 1 May 2023 and the date of this request: SSEN Transmission Had Fab Ltd. Murphy Transmission and Distribution Ltd. Wood Transmission and Distribution Ltd. 2. The names, t...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 14 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-31
Reference
FOI/202500483115
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Meetings between Scottish Government Ministers and Petroineos, PetroChina and INEOS minutes and materials: EIR release

I am requesting an un-redacted version of the minutes previously released here under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations: Since the refinery in question has now closed, any commercial confidentiality has expired, and there is public interest in accessing the complete version of these minutes. Please r...

FOI/EIR clarification 80 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-29
Reference
FOI/202500481403
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Scottish Government documents containing the word Lochaber and the phrase Zonal Pricing: EIR release

Please provide any documents held in the Scottish Government’s eRDM system which include both the word “Lochaber” and the phrase “zonal pricing". Please restrict the search to documents created since 1st January 2022.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-29
Reference
EIR/202500482322
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Water Policy correspondence: EIR release

When did Scottish Government ministers last discuss the need for water metering Who – ministers & officials – participated? Duration? What was the conclusion? Is there a document?

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-29
Reference
EIR/202500481704
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Peterhead carbon capture projects documentation: EIR release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings and analysis, about the Peterhead Carbon capture projects, from the last three months.

FOI/EIR already published 80 score 19 working days correspondence briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(4) s.6(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-24
Reference
EIR/202500483666
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Scottish Government Heat Network Fund (SGHNF) application from Abertay University: EIR release

1. The full SGHNF application submitted by Abertay University, including any business case, technical appendices, and project justification materials. 2. Any correspondence between Abertay University and SGHNF/HNSU regarding the application’s status, evaluation, or outcome. 3. Any internal assessments or scoring docu...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence briefings contracts s.2 s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 4 attachments
Published
2025-12-10
Reference
EIR/202500482992
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Information on hydroelectric assets in Scotland: EIR release

Information on hydroelectric assets in Scotland. Please be advised that we are treating point 4 of your email as a request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). You have asked the Scottish Government to: Publish a full accounting of Scotland’s hydroelectric assets and capacities, with plans for ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 16 working days correspondence ministers contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.36 s.6(1) s.10(4)
Published
2025-12-09
Reference
EIR/202500483047
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Beaw Field Wind Farm planning permissions: EIR release

1. Status of deemed planning permission(s). Please confirm, as a matter of fact and law: a) Whether the 2017 deemed planning permission lapsed on 30 November 2022; and b) Whether the 2023 deemed planning permission lapsed on 30 November 2024; If not, please identify the Ministerial decision or other legal basis on wh...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.2 s.27 s.3 s.36 s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.36C s.42 s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-09
Reference
EIR/202500480807
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Energy, Environment and climate change, +1 more … Public sector

Grangemouth Investment Taskforce report: EIR release

A copy of the most recent six-weekly report from the Grangemouth Investment Taskforce given to the Scottish Government.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.10 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-09
Reference
EIR/202500481564
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Correspondence regarding Mey Battery Energy Storage System application: EIR release

Please provide all information held by the Energy Consents Unit in relation to the resubmission of documents by the Applicant (Mey Energy Storage Ltd / Young Planning & Energy Consenting Ltd) for the Mey Battery Energy Storage System, application reference ECU00004838 / 24/01212/S36, after Highland Council issued its o...

FOI/EIR already published 80 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.6(1)B s.34(1) s.10(4) s.36 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-08
Reference
EIR/202500482132
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Mey Battery Energy Storage System correspondence: EIR release

I request disclosure of the following in relation to application reference ECU00004838 (Mey Battery Energy Storage System): 1. All internal correspondence, emails, meeting notes, and file records held by the Energy Consents Unit, Scottish Government officials, or Ministers regarding the classification of the applicant...

FOI/EIR clarification 80 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.25 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.6(1)B s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-08
Reference
EIR/202500482352
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Procedural failures in public notice for Mey BESS application: EIR release

Annex A confirms that the public notice for Mey BESS was published incorrectly in June 2024, requiring republication and an extended consultation deadline. This constitutes a material procedural irregularity. I request disclosure of all internal discussions, legal advice, or correspondence relating to this failure and ...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.36 s.10(4)
Published
2025-12-08
Reference
EIR/202500483963
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Information from meetings between Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy and various companies: EIR release

1. The dates, times and locations of all meetings and talks held between Ms. Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy between 1st May, 2023 to the present date and each of the following companies: SSEN Transmission Had Fab Ltd. Murphy Transmission and Distribution Ltd. Wood Transmission and Dist...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 16 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) 4 attachments
Published
2025-12-03
Reference
EIR/202500482639
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector