Scottish Government FOI Index

12,099releases indexed

20,414attachments found

29.1avg calendar days

4,755partially withheld

2023-01-05oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 4,755 unclear 3,519 not held 1,785 released 854 already published 438 cost limit 394 clarification 184 withheld 130 transferred 40

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 2997 s.20 2635 s.34(1) 2278 s.39(2) 2079 s.30 1822 s.17(1) 1579 s.25(1) 1420 s.10(4) 1249 s.11(2) 1008 s.29(1) 738 s.2 627 s.6(1) 524

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 775 releases · 27.9 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 676 releases · 29.3 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 484 releases · 29.5 avg days Marine Directorate 480 releases · 27.0 avg days Population Health Directorate 419 releases · 25.8 avg days Environment and Forestry Directorate 399 releases · 34.0 avg days Economic Development Directorate 369 releases · 42.7 avg days People Directorate 360 releases · 26.5 avg days

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145 matching releases

Ownership of Scotland's carbon markets: EIR release

1. Which companies/individuals/other parties have purchased carbon credits under the Woodland Carbon Code scheme in Scotland In the last five years? 2. Which companies/individuals/other parties have purchased carbon credits under the Peatland Code scheme in Scotland In the last five years? 3. How much of Scotland's l...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 15 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-08-19
Reference: EIR/202500475595
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Wild fire prevention, statistics and information: EIR release

‘The likelihood of ignition and the impact of wildfire are changing in the National Park as visitor numbers increase and changing land management practices increase fuel loads in some places. Public concern around the wildfire issue has risen in recent years. In light of these changes, the Integrated Wildfire Managemen...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence briefings contracts s.10(4)

Published: 2025-07-22
Reference: EIR/202500461565
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Stobo Woodland Creation scheme: EIR release

1. All communication between Scottish Forestry and the Rural Payments Inspectorate Directorate concerning the site from 28 October 2024 up to the present day. 2. As a claim for payment was made on 15 May 2024 and the standard security was in place 4 July 2024, why was no payment made to the Forestry Carbon Sequestrati...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 40 working days over deadline correspondence contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.6(1) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.9 2 attachments

Published: 2025-07-08
Reference: FOI/202500453790
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Tarbolton Moss landfill queries: EIR release

To gain clarity on what activity if any has been undertaken over the past year by Scottish Government towards remediation of pollution at, and stemming from, the Tarbolton Moss landfill in South Ayrshire. With reference to a report commissioned by ScotGov and published by Albion Environmental in February 2024 entitled ...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence briefings contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-06-11
Reference: EIR/202500457098
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Cost to create a National Park in Galloway: EIR release

How much money has the Scottish Government spent in total in attempts to create a National Park in Galloway, with a breakdown of all costs?

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 4 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-06-10
Reference: EIR/202500468819
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Breakdown of all costs to create a National Park in Galloway: EIR release

How much money has the Scottish Government spent in total in attempts to create a National Park in Galloway, with a breakdown of all costs?

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 7 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-06-10
Reference: EIR/202500468527
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Scottish Government legal costs for Judicial Review by Forestry Carbon Sequestration Fund: EIR release

‘I would like to make a FOI about the legal costs to the Scottish Government as a result of Scottish Forestry applying an Enforcement Notice in September 2024 to stop work at Stobo due to unauthorised herbicide spraying and other reasons, near Peebles. As a result of this Enforcement Notice, Scottish Forestry has been...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.6(1)

Published: 2025-05-20
Reference: FOI/202500456344
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Stobo Residents Action Group judicial review of costs: EIR release

‘A petition for judicial review was lodged by the Stobo Residents Action Group in April 2024, later conceded by the Scottish Government in September 2024. Please could you provide the total legal costs to the Scottish Government for this judicial review.’

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-04-22
Reference: FOI/202500454177
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Possible reintroduction of wolves in Scotland: EIR release

1. Please can you share the Scottish Government’s position on reintroducing wolves to the ScottishHighlands? 2. Can you share any correspondence to and/or from Scottish Ministers relating to the reintroduction of wolves to the Scottish Highlands within the last year?

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 9 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-03-13
Reference: EIR/202500453124
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Deposit Return Scheme queries: EIR release

1. Could you supply all correspondence, including emails, minutes/notes from meetings/briefings between the UK Government and the Scottish Government about the deposit return scheme from the last six months? 2. Could you supply all correspondence, including emails, minutes/notes from meetings/briefings between Biffa a...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-02-20
Reference: EIR/202500448011
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Scottish Government Food Waste Management Process: EIR release

1. An account of the means by which the Scottish Government measures its own food waste and has measured it over the last decade. 2. An account of the means by which the Scottish Government measures food waste in Scotland and has done so over the last decade. 3. Volume, value, and carbon footprint of the annual food ...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence briefings contracts s.20 s.39(2) s.2 s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-29
Reference: EIR/202400445785
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Land and Nature Apprenticeships correspondence: EIR release

1. “Notes of the Meeting between the Minister for Climate Action and the Minister for Further and Higher Education and Veterans on 11 December 2024.” 2. “All briefings given to Scottish Ministers on Land and Nature Apprenticeships since the election of John Swinney as First Minister.” 3. “All correspondence relating ...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-29
Reference: EIR/202400445710
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Sewage spills in Scotland's waters: EIR release

1. Could you supply all correspondence held between the Scottish Government and SEPA about sewage in Scottish waters, specifically about the negative press surrounding this, from the last six months? 2. Could you supply all documentation held, including correspondence (including internal), briefings, minutes/notes fro...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400441154
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Communications with Minister for Climate Action regarding Peatland Restoration: EIR release

1. All meetings that the Minister for Climate Action has held where skills in peatland restoration were discussed since his appointment. 2. All briefings related to these meetings. 3. All correspondence between Nature Scot and the Minister for Climate Action regarding peatland restoration and skills were mentioned.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 13 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400443076
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Number of registered farms in specific locations around Scotland: EIR release

How many registered farms there are in, broken down by year 2024, 2023 and 2022? 1 – Aberdeenshire 2 – Angus 3 – Moray 4 – Highlands For 2024, please could you tell me how many of these are estimated to cost £1 million or more?

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence briefings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400440910
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Information regarding Newton Stewart Flood Prevention Scheme: EIR Review

Original request: 202400435124 I would like to make a Freedom of Information Request to the Scottish Government linked to the Newton Stewart Flood Prevention Scheme. In November 2023 the Scottish Government while fulfilling its duties under The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 and in particular its duties un...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.6(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-09
Reference: FOI/202400438326 review of 202400435124
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Meetings between COSLA and the Flood Risk Management Working Group: EIR release

All minutes of meetings of COSLA and the Scottish Government's flood risk management working group from April 2024 to today’s date.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-09
Reference: FOI/202400438444
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Peatland restoration projects: EIR release

1. “How many hectares of peatland has been restored so far in 2024?” 2. “How many projects are currently operating in Scotland to restore peatland?”

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2024-12-17
Reference: FOI/202400438112
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Correspondence on peat sales, Land Reform (Scotland) Bill and impact of wood burning stoves: EIR release

‘Could you supply all documentation held, including correspondence (internal as well), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, policy notes, about the ban on peat sales, from the last three months? Could you supply all correspondence between the Scottish Government and Michael Russell about the land reform bi...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.6(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2024-11-18
Reference: FOI/202400435616
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Status of flood defence schemes included in Flood Risk Management Strategies: EIR release

“The following questions under FOI are with regard to the status of the nation’s 42 flood defence schemes, which were included in the 2015-2021 Flood Risk Management Strategies. 1. How many have been completed? 2. What is the cost today of all the works that have been carried out. 3. How many schemes are still to be c...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 19 working days correspondence briefings spending s.1 s.7 s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) s.5(1) s.10 s.11 2 attachments

Published: 2024-11-14
Reference: FOI/202400435342
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Flood risk management spend: EIR release

1. “Can I ask how much of the £150m additional capital funding planned by the Scottish Government for flood risk management over five years from 2021/22 has been spent in total?” 2. “How much has been spent (outturn) for each year since and including 2021/22 and so far in the part year of 2024/25?” 3. “What is the bu...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.5(1) s.10 s.11 s.6(1)

Published: 2024-11-11
Reference: FOI/202400435346
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Information regarding Newton Stewart Flood Prevention Scheme: EIR release

“I would like to make a Freedom of Information Request to the Scottish Government linked to the Newton Stewart Flood Prevention Scheme. In November 2023 the Scottish Government while fulfilling its duties under The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 and in particular its duties under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 o...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 14 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11 s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2024-11-04
Reference: EIR/202400435124
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Proposal regarding Galloway National Park (GNP): EIR release

1. “What is the risk of GNP status causing locals no longer to be able to afford to remain living in the area, with the destruction of our communities and our towns becoming ghost towns in the winter with resident depopulation causing schools to close as has happened in other UK tourist hotspots and NPs. Given the crit...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 18 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2024-10-21
Reference: FOI/202400433439
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Queries about Investment into Galloway National Park: EIR release

1. “I am all for investment into this area - it’s desperate for it! Given that there are already a number of organisations in the area whose objectives are similar with that of the National Park proposal and who are all crying out for funding, how was it concluded that investing in a National Park offered best value an...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2024-10-17
Reference: FOI/202400433434
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Onshore wind development regarding Galloway National Park (GNP): EIR release

1. “How will being a GNP affect onshore wind farm development - and also associated infrastructure development such as battery storage and pylons - within the GNP boundary?” 2. “How will a GNP affect onshore wind farm development - and also associated infrastructure development such as battery storage and pylons - jus...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2024-10-17
Reference: FOI/202400433441
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector