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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Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) information: FOI release

1. How much money has been spent on the Scottish Government looking into the reform of the public sector equality duty over the last ten years, with a breakdown of each year and what the money has been spent on? 2. How many consultations has the government published about this topic and similar policies on reform of t...

FOI cost limit 70 score 11 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.17(1) s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 s.36(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300387210
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Response to Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in June 2022: EIR release

On the 18th June 2022, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent a Scottish Government official an email with the subject Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). In this email, the official was asked if work was being done by Building Safety Division (BSD) to identify RAAC in buildings in Scotland. Please provid...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(5) s.10(4) 8 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300384757
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Correspondence with Education Scotland (ES) regarding practical materials developed on behaviour in schools: FOI release

Any correspondence between Education Scotland and Scottish Government ministers or Scottish Government officials in relation to practical materials it developed on areas such as expectations and consequences (with regards to behaviour in schools, as referenced by the Cabinet Secretary in her statement to parliament of ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 9 working days correspondence ministers s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300387481
Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Scottish Water pay review, transformation, modernisation reward foundation: EIR release

Any reports or correspondence from Scottish Water to Scottish Government Ministers and/or civil servants on the subject of the Scottish Water pay review/transformation/modernisation reward foundation and in particular any report to Minister and civil servants that outlines the planned approach to trade union engagement...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300385228
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Data Roaming costs incurred by Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care of Scotland: FOI release

“Please provide details of all communication Scottish Government officials, special advisers and ministers had with Police Scotland about the data roaming costs incurred by Health Secretary Michael Matheson on a December 2022/January 2023 trip to Morocco, including discussions around police complaints, in the period fr...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers special advisers meetings spending s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300385206
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Council tax and Cabinet meetings: EIR release

1. How many cabinet meetings have been held this year? And how many have been attended by the following: Dorothy Bain, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater? 2. All correspondence sent and received by the Scottish Government, including internal correspondence, plus all briefings prepared for ministers regarding the UK Gover...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(4) s.34(1) s.25(1) s.17(1) s.38(1) s.30 s.27(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300385194
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Sink holes at East Lothian school: FOI release

Copies of all communication from Local Authority, Scottish Parliament to Scottish Government related to sink holes at school on brink of East Lothian Council but not in East Lothian Council. To request copies of Scottish Government response to the sink holes.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300386632
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Gender Reform Recognition Bill: FOI release

1. Full costs of the court case about the Gender Reform Recognition Bill, including expenses claims, and a full breakdown of these costs. 2. How many civil servants worked on the court case and what were their roles? 3. Correspondence between the Scottish Government, including internal correspondence, and Scottish Tr...

FOI not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings spending s.2 s.35 s.17(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.25(1) s.37(1) s.28(1) s.5 s.30 s.36(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300385351
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Workplace parking levy: EIR release

1. How many councils have taken advantage of the workplace parking levy legislation which was passed by the government in 2021? 2. How much money has been raised through this policy? Breakdown by council area. 3. All correspondence received and sent by Transport Scotland, including internal correspondence, regarding th...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 15 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4)E s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300387067
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care's trip to UAE: FOI release

1. All briefings, notes prepared for ministers, and correspondence received and sent by the Scottish Government, including internally, about the UK Government proposing a ban on smoking for those who are 14 and younger, between October 1 and the date of this FOI. 2. Full cost of Neil Gray's trip to UAE between October...

FOI not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.12 s.27(1) s.33(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300385956
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
International, Public sector

Scottish National Investment Bank and Scottish Enterprise correspondence: FOI release

Full correspondence between Kate Forbes during her tenure as Finance Minister and the Scottish National Investment Bank. This would entail - 1. All correspondence (emails, letters, texts, WhatsApp messages etc) between Kate Forbes and the Scottish National Investment Bank, between 1st November 2020 and 28 March 2023. ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings whatsapp s.25(1) s.38 s.34(1) s.30 s.33(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300385487
Directorate
International Trade and Investment Directorate
Topic
Economy, Public sector

Net Zero sourcing reports: EIR release

1. Since 2007, have any reports been compiled that anticipate or measure where exactly reductions in net carbon emissions to reach targets will or have come from? 2. Please provide copies of any such reports.

FOI/EIR clarification 80 score 48 working days over deadline correspondence s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300380865
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Climate change plan report delay: EIR release

'1. All correspondence sent and received by the Scottish Government, including internal correspondence, regarding the delay to the government publishing a draft of its climate change plan, announced on November 7, sent between August 1 2023 and the date of this FOI. Can you include all discussions about the climate ch...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 16 working days correspondence s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.6(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300387109
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Seaweed Energy application to the Just Transition Fund: EIR release

In Year 1 of the Just Transition Fund, £100,100 was allocated to a company called ‘Seaweed Energy’. Please provide the following related information: 1) Application materials sent by Seaweed Energy to apply for funding. 2) Review criteria used by the Just Transition fund and how Seaweed Energy was assessed under thes...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(5) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300386341
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Documents that contain the word Branchform: FOI release

All the documents created or modified in the past year that contain the word branchform.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.25(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 s.35(1) s.36(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300387032
Directorate
Propriety and Ethics Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Mandatory calorie labelling costs: FOI release

How much money has been spent on the Scottish Government looking into Mandatory calorie labelling for out of home sector over the last five years, with a breakdown of each year and what the money has been spent on? How many consultations has the government published about this topic and similar policies on Mandatory ca...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.28(1) s.29(1) s.30 s.36(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300387168
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Musselburgh Flood Scheme: EIR release

A copy of all correspondence/emails/reports etc pertaining to Musselburgh Flood Scheme (including correspondence between Scottish Ministers and East Lothian Council) from January 2016 until 18 October 2023.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 52 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1) 8 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300381420
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Social Security Scotland Fraud and Error Resolution spend: FOI release

In a previous response (reference: 202300384042), what you called, a “report with an extract of the spends for Fraud and Error Resolution for January and February 2019”. Based on the fact you were able to provide me with this, I am now requesting the following information: 1. A copy of all spends for Fraud and Error ...

FOI partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence spending s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202400392401
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Felling permission at Balrownie Farm: EIR release

I went for a walk up the Caterthuns at the weekend of 1st October. These are two hills of historic interest and scenic views located outside Brechin, Angus – DD9 7QR. ALL the trees on the approach road up from Balrownie Farm have been cut down, destroying bird and wildlife habitat, not to mention the trees themselves....

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 17 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-14
Reference
EIR/202300379263
Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Correspondence regarding Independent Scotland: FOI release

1.All meetings held or attended by Jamie Hepburn between July 1 2023 and the date of this FOI, including minutes/notes from them, and a list of attendees. 2. How many social media videos about independence have been created by the Scottish Government so far this year? List of these videos and the costs of creating the...

FOI not held 70 score 27 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.2 s.5T s.17(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 s.25(1) s.36(1) s.12 4 attachments
Published
2024-08-14
Reference
FOI/202300377797
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Correspondence referring to Confucius Institutes funding: FOI release

You asked for information about funding to Confucius Institutes from the Scottish Government and emails between the Scottish Government referring to Confucius Institutes or with a Confucius Institute.

FOI partially withheld 90 score 18 working days correspondence s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-14
Reference
FOI/202300380340
Directorate
Education Reform Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector

Information on offshore wind potential statistic: EIR release

This is a follow up request to a previous FOI response, ref: 202300356373. Please can the same questions answered in the above referenced FOI response be answered again, and brought fully up to date. In other words, answered for the period 12th May 2023 - date. In addition to answering the same questions as the previ...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers special advisers s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-14
Reference
EIR/202300380216
Directorate
Chief Economist Directorate
Topic
Economy, Energy, Public sector

Bird flu correspondence and briefings: EIR release

All briefings and notes, including internal Government correspondence, prepared or written for Ministers, regarding bird flu between March 1 2023 and the date of this FOI.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 26 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-14
Reference
EIR/202300379584
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural, Public sector

Correspondence regarding Scottish Golf Open and Ministerial communications: FOI release

1. All correspondence, including internal correspondence, between the Scottish Government and organisers of the Scottish Golf Open about ministerial appearances at the event between July 13 and 16. 2. All briefings for ministers prepared for the event in question one, plus all minutes from meetings held there and the ...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.29(1) s.38(1) s.12 s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-14
Reference
FOI/202300381827
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector