Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

21,863releases indexed
39,476attachments found
29.7avg calendar days
8,112partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-05-20newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,112 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

2026-05 410 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 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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Payments made to FCBC Ltd for the Queensferry Crossing delays: EIR release

Any payments and their values were made to FCBC Ltd, the contractor who built the Queensferry Crossing, to buy back the delays accrued by their right under their contract for the award of extensions of time for unforseen ground conditions.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 16 working days correspondence contracts spending s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2025-02-18
Reference
EIR/202500448685
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

M8 Junction 20 West Street safety inspection report and accident statistics: EIR release

1. Information with regard to repairs & proposed repairs to be carried out on the M8 Junction 20 West Street off ramp June 2024 to February 2025. 2. Incident reports of damage to the carriageway and damage to vehicles on the carriageway received at your control room or otherwise informed to the aforementioned. 3. Wha...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 5 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 4 attachments
Published
2025-02-18
Reference
EIR/202500451328
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Communications regarding bird flu outbreak and control zones imposed around Kirkcudbright in 2023: EIR release

Any communications, reports and other materials held about the bird flu outbreak and control zones imposed around Kirkcudbright in 2023. Please ensure any communications are dated and displayed in chronological order, that media such as images and video are included, and all forms of communications, including Whatsapp...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 39 working days over deadline correspondence whatsapp s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(5) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202400443394
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy's correspondence with Oil and Gas companies and BlueFloat office opening: EIR release

1. Could you supply all correspondence sent to and from Gillian Martin/her office and oil and gas companies, as well as minutes from meetings between her and oil and gas companies and briefings from them, from the last three months? 2. Could you supply all documentation held about Gillian Martin’s appearance helping t...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 37 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.11(2) s.34(1)O s.12(5) s.2 s.10(4) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446898
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Scottish planning policy for wind turbines 2009/2010: EIR release

The 2009 and 2010 Scottish planning policy for wind turbines (on-shore, single turbines, up to 400kW).

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 7 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500448299
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Energy, Environment and climate change, +1 more … Public sector

Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) and cladding enquiries: EIR release

Could you supply all risk reviews undertaken, briefings and analysis undertaken, about the Scottish Government's target to build to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, from the last three months? How many buildings have so far been identified with dangerous cladding in Scotland, how many have been fixed and how mu...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 14 working days correspondence ministers briefings contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446846
Directorate
Cladding Remediation Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Responsibility for removal of traffic management equipment: EIR release

1. How much is spent by you annually on purchase or procurement of road traffic cones, barriers etc for road works you are carrying out. 2. Process for ensuring you remove and reuse traffic cones, barriers etc from Glasgow roads once relevant works have been completed.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 3 working days correspondence contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(5) s.2
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500449458
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Environmental Impact Assessments for Forestry Projects: EIR release

I am interested in your processes for Scoping and EIA assessment for your consents. I have looked at your website and found various documents which explain processes, but i have not found any criteria for what impacts you consider significant, or how you consider sensitivity of ecological features. For example, your ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446864
Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Supplementary information requests for developer’s Environmental Impact Assessment: EIR release

In each of the past five years, how many times has the Scottish Government requested supplementary information for a developer’s Environmental Impact Assessment when determining a planning application? For 2023 and 2024, please provide the Scottish Government’s reasoning for each of its requests of supplementary infor...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 16 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1)
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500447185
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Transport Scotland payments to WSP UK Ltd: EIR release

The total amount that Transport Scotland has paid to WSP to date for its work on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 6 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500449164
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Minutes of meeting between Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity and NFU Scotland: EIR release

Any minutes of the meeting between Mairi Gougeon, Jim Fairlie and NFU Scotland on 28 November 2024.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 12 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500447987
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural, Public sector

Unlicensed fishing suspicious activity reports statistics: EIR release

How many suspicious activity forms were submitted to Marine Scotland regarding illegal fishing activity at North Berwick in 2024? How many cases of illegal lobster fishing Marine Scotland have successfully prosecuted in the last 5 years?

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446704
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Correspondence regarding flood support for Cupar residents and businesses: EIR release

All documentation held, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), briefings, minutes/notes from meetings, analysis, about money for Cupar flooding victims, between May 1 2024 and July 1 2024, and include how much was handed out to them.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446527
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Energy Consent Unit details and statistics: EIR release

How long the Scottish Government’s Energy Consent Unit has been operating for; The number of applications it has considered since it began, by year (date of submission); The number of each category of application e.g. wind farm, solar farm etc it has considered each year (based on year of submission); A breakdown of th...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 20 working days correspondence briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1)
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446566
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Meeting with senior figures in offshore wind and hydrogen industries: EIR release

According to media reports, Kate Forbes met with senior figures in the offshore wind and hydrogen industries on 18th November 2024. Please provide all briefing materials prepared ahead of this meeting, and any notes/minutes recording who attended the meeting and what was discussed.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-14
Reference
EIR/202500446798
Directorate
International Trade and Investment Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Minutes of meetings of flood risk management working group: EIR release

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

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2) 4 attachments
Published
2025-01-31
Reference
EIR/202400445508
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

A9 Tay Crossing archaeological investigation work: EIR release

All documents setting out the rationale for the approval of the sum of circa £2m for archaeological work including why this work is necessary; how the figure of £2 Million was arrived at - whether the Cabinet Secretary for Transport approved the costs and the work or whether this was decided by Transport Scotland ; And...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) s.10(5) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-31
Reference
EIR/202400446088
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

A90 at Kingsway Dundee manhole cover: EIR release

Information in relation to a manhole cover on the A90 at Kingsway Dundee.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 5 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.2
Published
2025-01-31
Reference
EIR/202500448769
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) and Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) data: EIR release

A list of all subsidies related to deer management. I don't require application documentation or other similar materials. I'd be grateful if you could please provide a spreadsheet which lists all recipients of subsidies related to deer management. Please note the [Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications] at Scott...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence s.11(2) s.20 s.39(2) 4 attachments
Published
2025-01-31
Reference
EIR/202500446638
Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Sea trout sampling sites: EIR release

A paper from 2013 by Middlemas, Fryer, Tulett and John Armstorng that appeared in Fisheries Management & Ecology. Vol 20 68-74 stated on page 70 that a total of 6590 sea trout were sampled from 48 different sites between 2003 and 2009. Please can I have a list of all these 48 sites.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 13 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-31
Reference
EIR/202500447060
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Regulation of glyphosate in Scotland: EIR release

Concerns about the spraying of glyphosate in Scotland.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 13 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2025-01-29
Reference
EIR/202400446421
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural, Public sector

Transport Scotland list of bridge heights: EIR release

Thank you for the list of bridges. Do you maybe have the heights of the bridges available? This was a follow up question related to your recent correspondence reference 202400444664 in which you requested "a list of your bridge assets, along with their locations (latitude, longitude)"

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 5 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-29
Reference
EIR/202500447742
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Transport Scotland and AECOM correspondence regarding Travel Demand Management Options Study: EIR release

How much did Transport Scotland pay AECOM to carry out a study into options for the Travel Demand Management Options Study, which was published on December 11? I would also like to ask for any correspondence between Transport Scotland and AECOM regarding the study.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-29
Reference
EIR/202400445386
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Effectiveness of UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) and Forestry Grant Scheme: EIR release

Any reports or other held materials which have assessed the effectiveness of the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) and the Forestry Grant Scheme. Please also provide any communications made over the last three years which relate to this. Please include all communications channels used, including Whatsapp, and please include...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts whatsapp s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 4 attachments
Published
2025-01-29
Reference
EIR/202400445998
Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Transport Scotland A9 dualling website subscriber numbers: EIR release

How many subscribers does Transport Scotland have to the newsletter that results from its A9 Dualling website?

FOI/EIR partially withheld 65 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2)
Published
2025-01-29
Reference
EIR/202400445634
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport