Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

11,099releases indexed
19,072attachments found
28.7avg calendar days
4,403partially withheld
2023-10-02oldest in sample
2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 4,403 unclear 3,109 not held 1,663 released 816 already published 409 cost limit 376 clarification 166 withheld 123 transferred 34

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 2824 s.20 2437 s.34(1) 2118 s.39(2) 1920 s.30 1721 s.17(1) 1465 s.25(1) 1326 s.10(4) 1159 s.11(2) 933 s.29(1) 703 s.2 586 s.6(1) 478

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 743 releases · 28.1 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 632 releases · 29.1 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 437 releases · 29.3 avg days Marine Directorate 406 releases · 26.4 avg days Population Health Directorate 404 releases · 25.8 avg days Environment and Forestry Directorate 354 releases · 34.0 avg days Economic Development Directorate 334 releases · 41.5 avg days People Directorate 332 releases · 23.9 avg days
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Supportive measures to mitigate the impacts of housing emergency: FOI release

You requested a summary of the key changes that the Scottish Government believe are required to end the Housing Emergency. You also requested a summary of the metrics being used by the Scottish Government to monitor this change, and report on their status at the outset of the emergency, their current status and the st...

FOI unclear 50 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers
Published
2025-07-22
Reference
FOI/202500463642
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Loan from the sale of Lundin Links Hotel: FOI release

Information in relation to the Lundin Links Hotel site: 1. Now that the site has been sold, has the loan from the Scottish Government been repaid? If so, has it been repaid in full? 2. How much did the loan from the Scottish Government cost the taxpayer?

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence ministers spending s.17(1)
Published
2025-07-08
Reference
FOI/202500459917
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Circumstances where a local authority can refuse housing: FOI release

Under what circumstances can a local authority refuse housing under any circumstances.

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-07-07
Reference
FOI/202500458308
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers fund information: FOI release

(1) Could you provide an update of how many homes have been secured for key workers because of the £25 million Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers fund? (2) Of the homes that have been secured, can you note where those homes are located?

FOI unclear 50 score 7 working days correspondence
Published
2025-06-30
Reference
FOI/202500459967
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Island Housing Fund queries: FOI release

Of the £5 million Islands Housing Fund, which was originally due to run from 2016-17 and 2021, can you outline: 1. How many new island homes were found using that funding? 2. How many existing empty properties on Scotland’s islands were refurbished using those funds? 3. On which islands were those new homes found? ...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence spending
Published
2025-05-08
Reference
FOI/202500455119
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Money and tax, Public sector

Funding given to East Ayrshire Council for Additional Support Needs (ASN): FOI release

How much funding East Ayrshire Council has received from the Scottish Government to fund Additional Support Needs (ASN) within the area.

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.25(1)
Published
2025-03-18
Reference
FOI/202500451917
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Education, Public sector

Road maintenance funding formula: EIR release

Road Maintenance funding formula Please share any documentation, communications/emails or meetings where the multiplication of road length by number of roads was discussed. This includes but is not limited to Ministerial meetings/comms. I'm particularly interested any consideration around why the formula assumes a sin...

FOI/EIR unclear 75 score 63 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings 8 attachments
Published
2025-03-18
Reference
EIR/202500449587
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector, Transport

Private landlord registration fees: FOI release

Annual landlord registration fees by year since the establishment of the Landlord Register.

FOI unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence
Published
2025-02-24
Reference
FOI/202500449184
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Scottish Landlord Register funding and consultation: FOI release

Whether the Government or Civil Service has been tasked with spending any money on reforming or updating the use of the Scottish Landlord Register, since 2004? If so, when did they do this and for what purpose - not including any maintenance fees for the register such as domain hosting or general software support.

FOI unclear 55 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.25(1)
Published
2025-02-24
Reference
FOI/202500448575
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Cost to set up the Landlord Register: FOI release

The total cost that was involved in setting up the Landlord Register.

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.17(1) s.25(1)
Published
2025-02-24
Reference
FOI/202500449183
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Revenue from non-domestic rates by financial year: FOI release

1. Total gross and net revenue from non-domestic rates by financial year from 2017-18 to 2023-24 and 2024-25 so far, as well as expected revenue for all of 2024-25. 2. Total expense on non-domestic rates relief by financial year from 2017-18 to present. 3. A summary of all ongoing and historic non-domestic rates reli...

FOI unclear 80 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-22
Reference
FOI/202400443486
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) scheme threshold prices and application window: FOI release

Is there a particular reason why the 2015-16 Registers of Scotland data set is used to determine how the OMSE threshold prices are determined, despite being almost eight years old and pre-COVID pandemic, instead of a more recent one? And: How long the application window was for the OMSE scheme 2024/2025, and if this ...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence
Published
2025-01-17
Reference
FOI/202400441382
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

First Minister's statement on business rates: FOI release

The Scottish Government’s calculations/justifications/statistics for John Swinney making the following claim at First Minister’s Questions on 7 November 2024: Swinney: ‘On business rates, we have of course the most comprehensive small business scheme of business relief, which for the hospitality sector means in our est...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence ministers
Published
2025-01-16
Reference
FOI/202400440104
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

First Minister's statement on business rates: FOI Review

Original request 202400440104 The Scottish Government’s calculations/justifications/statistics for John Swinney making the following claim at First Minister’s Questions on 7 November 2024: Swinney: ‘On business rates, we have of course the most comprehensive small business scheme of business relief, which for the hosp...

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence ministers
Published
2025-01-14
Reference
FOI/202400444027 Review of 202400440104
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Business, industry and innovation, Money and tax, Public sector

Expenditure per pupil for primary and secondary school education: FOI release

Could I please have the data supplied to ScotGov last month on spend per pupil in education, secondary and primary, for each individual council area in Scotland for fiscal year 2023-2024.

FOI unclear 50 score 15 working days correspondence spending
Published
2025-01-09
Reference
FOI/202400439341
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Joint Working Group meeting dates: FOI release

Could you please advise me of the dates that the working group with COSLA and the SNP Government have met since it was established.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings
Published
2024-11-18
Reference
FOI/202400435537
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Cost to produce and analyse Open Space Strategies and Play Sufficiency Assessments consultation: EIR release

You asked for the total cost to produce and analyse several consultations. I am answering in relation to the Open Space Strategies and Play Sufficiency Assessments only. I understand that you will receive responses related to the other consultations from other areas of the Scottish Government.

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence spending
Published
2024-10-28
Reference
EIR/202400434485
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Housing, Public sector

First Home Fund Shared Equity Scheme information: FOI release

Information relating to the First Home Fund Shared Equity Scheme: 1. How much was allocated to the scheme from when it was launched to when it expired. 2. How much was actually paid out to individuals throughout the duration of the scheme to individuals to enable them to purchase a property. 3. How much has been rep...

FOI unclear 50 score 4 working days correspondence spending
Published
2024-10-24
Reference
FOI/202400434816
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Sporting Rates funds: FOI release

"1. Are 100% of the sporting rates funds collected by local authorities and handed to the Scottish Government distributed back to councils? If not, how much is, where is this money going? 2. Are the funds divided and distributed to councils proportionally to the intake from Sporting Rates per council? For example, if ...

FOI unclear 55 score 7 working days correspondence spending s.2
Published
2024-10-17
Reference
FOI/202400433926
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Arts, culture and sport, Public sector

Portfolio of Landlords in Scotland: FOI release

The number of Landlords in Scotland who have a portfolio with more than 500 units.

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence
Published
2024-10-09
Reference
FOI/202400430915
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Number of registered landlords: FOI release

Just looking at the response to FOI/202400417777. This might be me but there appears to be a discrepancy between the number of registered landlord properties for April. The topline figure is 238,094 for registered landlords. But when I add up the columns for landlords with 1 property etc, the total is 235,909 - a dis...

FOI unclear 50 score 2 working days correspondence
Published
2024-10-04
Reference
FOI/202400430277
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Communities and third sector, Public sector

Rental properties in Scotland owned by people who live outside Scotland: FOI release

If the Scottish Government collates information on landlord registration and, in particular, how many rental properties in Scotland are owned by people who live outside Scotland?

FOI unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence
Published
2024-10-04
Reference
FOI/202400427113
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector