Scottish Government FOI Index

6,100releases indexed

9,352attachments found

25.8avg calendar days

2,462partially withheld

2024-10-07oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 2,462 unclear 1,572 not held 995 released 407 already published 268 cost limit 210 clarification 94 withheld 73 transferred 19

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 1716 s.34(1) 1271 s.20 1243 s.39(2) 1053 s.30 1029 s.17(1) 909 s.25(1) 776 s.10(4) 648 s.11(2) 520 s.29(1) 452 s.2 399 s.3 301

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 416 releases · 26.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 370 releases · 27.6 avg days Marine Directorate 231 releases · 26.7 avg days People Directorate 217 releases · 23.5 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 216 releases · 26.0 avg days Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate 204 releases · 31.5 avg days Population Health Directorate 192 releases · 24.8 avg days Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate 182 releases · 23.8 avg days

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4 matching releases

Transport Scotland's contract register, procurement strategy and key contact information: FOI release

Information in relation to your organisation’s contract register, procurement strategy, and key contact information: 1. Contract Register Please provide a complete and current extract of your organisation’s contract register or equivalent database. We are not asking you to compile new information or manually populate...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.38(1) s.25(1) 4 attachments

Published: 2025-09-30
Reference: FOI/202500477411
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Transport Scotland contract register: FOI release

You asked for information in relation to your organisation’s contract register, procurement strategy, and key contact information. 1. Contract Register: Please provide a complete and current extract of your organisation’s contract register or equivalent database. We are not asking you to compile new information or man...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence contracts spending s.38(1) s.25(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470584
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Social Security Scotland contract for advocacy services provided by VoiceAbility: FOI release

The following information regarding the contract that Social Security Scotland have with Voiceability: 1. When did the current contract between Social Security Scotland and Voiceability begin? 2. What is the monetary value of that contract? 3. When is the contract between Social Security Scotland and Voiceability due ...

FOI unclear 55 score 14 working days correspondence contracts s.1 s.25(1)

Published: 2025-01-21
Reference: FOI/202400444622
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Scheme to distribute free bicycles to school age children: FOI release

This is a FOI request relating to the Scottish Government’s scheme to distribute free bicycles to school age children who can’t afford them. Can you please answer the following questions: 1) Total cost of "Pilot"? 2) Total number of bikes supplied to children and a breakdown of how many bikes are distributed by local...

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.25(1) s.8

Published: 2024-10-28
Reference: FOI/202400432715
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport