Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

19,099releases indexed
31,532attachments found
29.7avg calendar days
7,049partially withheld
2018-11-16oldest in sample
2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 7,049 unclear 6,352 not held 2,688 released 1,289 already published 610 cost limit 529 clarification 306 withheld 208 transferred 68

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4381 s.20 3726 s.34(1) 3480 s.39(2) 2967 s.30 2536 s.17(1) 2457 s.25(1) 2090 s.10(4) 1747 s.11(2) 1413 s.29(1) 1021 s.2 1021 s.3 800

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 1,082 releases · 27.9 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 858 releases · 31.1 avg days Marine Directorate 802 releases · 29.6 avg days Learning Directorate 714 releases · 34.4 avg days Population Health Directorate 607 releases · 28.7 avg days Economic Development Directorate 577 releases · 40.0 avg days Constitution Directorate 573 releases · 36.1 avg days People Directorate 536 releases · 25.8 avg days
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NHS Highland correspondence regarding maternity services in Caithness: FOI release

The correspondence with NHS Highland referred to in the parliamentary question S6W-40280: Written question and answer: S6W-40280 | Scottish Parliament Website All correspondence with NHS Highland since May 2021 with reference to maternity services in Caithness.

FOI cost limit 70 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.38 s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-01-14
Reference
FOI/202500486261
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Public sector

NHS waiting times & dementia pathways: FOI release

You requested the following information covering 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025: Copies of weekly/monthly dashboards and performance reports sent to ministers or DG Health covering patients waiting >52 weeks and delayed discharges Ministerial briefings, risk logs or vacancy reports relating to dementia assessment capac...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers special advisers briefings spending s.12 s.30 s.38(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-09
Reference
FOI/202500480953
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Clinical Negligence and Other Indemnity Scheme (CNORIS) funding application by Fife Health Board: FOI release

All information in relation to the CNORIS (Clinical Negligence and Other Indemnity Scheme), and more specifically, copies of documents papers emails memos, records of meetings and of phone calls and other forms of written material (hereinafter “documents”) relating to each of the following matters: 1. The application ...

FOI cost limit 70 score 44 working days over deadline correspondence meetings spending s.4 s.12 s.17(1) s.25(1) s.29(1) s.30 s.36(1) s.38(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-03
Reference
FOI/202500476628
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

ADHD Assessment Criteria and Statistics: FOI release

Request for information 1: Assessment Criteria:- Please provide the full assessment criteria used to evaluate applications for Adult Disability Payments where ADHD is the primary or secondary condition. Request for Information 2: Include any guidance documents, decision-making frameworks, or internal policies that o...

FOI cost limit 45 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.12
Published
2025-09-16
Reference
FOI/202500463256
Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

NHS Fife employment tribunal communications: FOI release

Please provide me with SG communications which relate to SIC Decision Notice 133/2025. Please provide communications between Caroline Lamb and Neil Gray (and their relevant teams) relating to the Sandie Peggie tribunal. Please provide communications between Carol Potter and Neil Gray (and their relevant teams) relati...

FOI cost limit 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings spending s.30 s.36(1) s.38(1) s.2 s.12 2 attachments
Published
2025-08-28
Reference
FOI/202500475506
Directorate
Health Workforce Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Information on various health related matters: FOI release

1. Could you supply all correspondence held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis and minutes/notes from meetings, about the NHS Scotland infrastructure plan, from the last three months? 2. In June 2024, Neil Gray a...

FOI cost limit 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings spending s.12 s.17(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 2 attachments
Published
2025-08-20
Reference
FOI/202500474897
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Health care for transgender individuals queries: FOI release

1 - a copy of all equality impact assessments related to any policies or strategies related to or impacting health care for transgender individuals in the last 10 years. If there are not EQIAs available for all these policies, please provide any explanations as to why it was not carried out for any policies that are av...

FOI cost limit 45 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.12 s.17(1) s.25(1) s.30
Published
2025-03-28
Reference
FOI/202500453110
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Transgender individuals health and social care queries: FOI release

7 - a summary of any engagements, meetings, or advice Scottish Ministers, or officials acting on their behalf, have had from Social Workers, Social Work professional or representative bodies, or non NHS partners who sit on integrated joint boards related to Trans Health and Social care since the publication of the Cass...

FOI cost limit 45 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.12
Published
2025-03-27
Reference
FOI/202500453403
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Gender Identity Healthcare Reference Group: FOI release

You provided the following background to your request: ‘The gender identity healthcare access team are secretariats for the gender identity healthcare reference group. The role of a secretariat for the STAC are Scottish Government officials’ whose role is to make arrangements for meetings, produce minutes and facilita...

FOI cost limit 70 score 18 working days correspondence meetings spending s.2 s.3 s.25(1) s.12 s.29(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.2A 2 attachments
Published
2024-11-04
Reference
FOI/202400433076
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

NHS winter planning correspondence: FOI release

1. Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages, or any other documents) between Scottish Government Officials and NHS Scotland regarding winter planning for the NHS in the winter of 2024/25. Information should include, but not be limited to, a detailed timeline (with...

FOI cost limit 45 score 16 working days correspondence spending whatsapp s.1 s.12 s.2
Published
2024-10-11
Reference
FOI/202400430298
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

NHS Borders financial issues, meetings, Annual Draft Delivery Plan and Performance Escalation Framework: FOI release

All communication between the Scottish Government and NHS Borders in relation to the financial issues facing the health board since 2018; The dates of all meetings between the Cabinet Secretary and NHS Borders, since 2018, including those in attendance, briefing notes, agenda; All communication within the Scottish Go...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.38(1) s.25(1) s.12 2 attachments
Published
2024-10-04
Reference
FOI/202400426155
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Dunbar travelling cabinet and Former First Minister's meetings: FOI release

1. All correspondence, including internal correspondence, sent and received by the Scottish Government and notes and briefings written for Humza Yousaf's meeting with Michelle O'Neill on November 22, between September 1 2023 and the date of this FOI? Can you include all notes and minutes taken from this meeting, and al...

FOI cost limit 70 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.12 s.27 s.28(1) s.29(1) s.30 s.32(1) s.38(1) s.27(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-12
Reference
FOI/202300389112
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector

SNRRS (Scottish Radiology Transformation Program) and NHS waiting times: FOI release

1. Please provide the figures for total examinations performed annually in (a) Scotland and (b) each Scottish health board for the last 15 years, to June 2024. (I) Xrays (II) Ultrasound (III) CT (IV) MRI (V) PET/CT (VI) Nuclear Medicine (VII) Mammography 2. Please provide the total WTE employed annually by (a) ...

FOI cost limit 45 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending s.25(1) s.12 s.17(1)
Published
2024-09-02
Reference
FOI/202400418244
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Correspondence regarding Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Health Improvement Scotland: FOI release

1. All communications between the First Minister, his office or Scottish Government personnel and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in regard to social listening and/or monitoring of organisations and/or individuals between January 2022 and the present day. 2. All communication between the First Minister, his office or Sc...

FOI/EIR cost limit 70 score 53 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.25(1) s.12 4 attachments
Published
2024-08-13
Reference
FOI/202300371292
Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Covid Inquiry cost: FOI release

1. How much money has the Scottish Covid Inquiry cost so far, with a breakdown of these costs? 2. How much of the £10m Long Covid fund introduced by the Scottish Government has been spent and a breakdown of where it has been spent? 3. How many of Humza Yousaf's cabinet have WhatsApp downloaded on their government iss...

FOI cost limit 70 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings spending whatsapp s.17(1) s.12 4 attachments
Published
2024-02-13
Reference
FOI/202400392301
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector

Information pertaining to the Equally Safe Scotland strategy: FOI review

1. Up to date membership of the Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board. 2. Any public consultation papers, responses, and analysis of responses related to/informing the creation of the Equally Safe Scotland strategy in 2014. (By public, I mean consultation of the public, as opposed to published). 3. Could you please conf...

FOI cost limit 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings spending s.6 s.2 s.38(1) s.12 s.20 18 attachments
Published
2024-02-07
Reference
202200303580
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Correspondence on funding of Disability Equipment: FOI release

The correspondence between the Scottish Government officials and the Health Boards officials concerning: the funding of disability equipment in 2022 the funding of support with energy costs for patients using life-saving equipment in 2022 information about: i. the resources available for disability equipment in 2022...

FOI cost limit 70 score 39 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.38(1) s.12 4 attachments
Published
2024-01-12
Reference
202300339463
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Long waits for planned care: FOI release

From 1 April 2022 to present, I am looking for all written communication, including associated briefings, relating to the Scottish Government's announcement on 6 July 2022 to tackle long waits for planned care. In particular, I am requesting the papers outlining: how the targets were set, and how they were intended t...

FOI cost limit 70 score 44 working days over deadline correspondence briefings spending s.12 s.25(1) s.30 4 attachments
Published
2023-12-17
Reference
202300359555
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Cost of administering vaccines: FOI release

How much does a General Practitioner recieve when administering a vaccine?? How much does nhs Scotland recieve for administering vaccines?? Why are vaccine ingredients NOT on pamphlet?? Why are the side effects influenza??

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending s.25(1) s.17(1) s.12 2 attachments
Published
2023-12-12
Reference
FOI/202300372918
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Information and Ill Health Retirement statistics: FOI release

Form AW8 refers in the main et al: section 7 "further information required" - can you send me this further information please section 10 4a) - can you please send me information as to what this means section 11, can you please send me a pro forma copy of an AW8/MED also: can you please send me information please as to...

FOI cost limit 70 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.7 s.10 s.11 s.2 s.12 2 attachments
Published
2023-12-08
Reference
202300364376
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Programme for Government 2023 to 2024: FOI release

All draft versions of the 'Programme for Government 2023 to 2024' report sent to the Scottish Government before publication of the final document. All communications between the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care and/or supporting Ministers and/or officials and the First Minister's office and of...

FOI cost limit 45 score 14 working days correspondence ministers spending s.12
Published
2023-10-31
Reference
FOI/202300374745
Directorate
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate
Topic
Programme for Government, Public sector

Information pertaining to Brexit, Covid - 19 vaccines and complaints in the workplace: FOI release

Any correspondence (including emails, letters, and meeting notes) between Scottish Government officials and officials from the UK Government regarding the impact of Brexit on Scotland's economy, including any discussions related to the Brexit Deal or the Northern Ireland Protocol, between January 2021 and the present d...

FOI/EIR cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.12 s.25(1) s.17(1) s.35(1) s.35(2) 2 attachments
Published
2023-05-15
Reference
FOI/202300349502
Directorate
Topic
Brexit, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector, +1 more … Work and skills

COVID-19 information relating to coronavirus modelling & estimations for COP26: FOI release

"Please can you provide me with any and all reports, dated, relating to the planning of COP26. Please can you provide me with any and all reports, dated, relating to coronavirus modelling & estimations for COP26. For the avoidance of doubt – I’m trying to find out how many infections/close contacts/hospitalisations the...

FOI cost limit 45 score 11 working days correspondence ministers spending s.12
Published
2021-11-18
Reference
FOI/202100249743
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Covid 19 managed isolation and quarantine: FOI release

1. The number of individuals who have applied for exceptional arrangements to be made on compassionate grounds under Regulation 6D(2)(xi) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 since 15th February 2021. 2. The number of individuals who have been granted exceptional ar...

FOI cost limit 45 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.6D s.20 s.6C s.12 s.7 s.17
Published
2021-08-24
Reference
FOI/202100224407
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector