Scottish Government FOI Index

22,640releases indexed

40,478attachments found

29.5avg calendar days

8,386partially withheld

2016-06-13oldest in sample

2026-09-02newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,386 unclear 7,405 not held 3,239 released 1,581 already published 700 cost limit 627 clarification 372 withheld 249 transferred 81

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5149 s.20 4430 s.34(1) 3727 s.39(2) 3593 s.30 2994 s.17(1) 2922 s.25(1) 2520 s.10(4) 2060 s.11(2) 1619 s.29(1) 1223 s.2 1222 s.3 958

Timeline

2026-09 1 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,312 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 978 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 961 releases · 30.9 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 737 releases · 39.7 avg days Constitution Directorate 702 releases · 35.9 avg days Population Health Directorate 665 releases · 28.5 avg days People Directorate 657 releases · 25.6 avg days

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3,239 matching releases

Documentation regarding Environmental Impact Assessment screening process and the award of grant money: EIR release

There remain several unanswered questions about this process but it is not clear who we address these questions to. Do we question RPID ourselves? Who investigates our wider concerns regarding misinformation supplied to the EIA screening process and the award of grant money? The questions for RPID are; 1. What docume...

FOI/EIR not held 40 score 15 working days correspondence briefings

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: EIR/202500483187
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Help to Buy (Scotland) Affordable New Build Scheme: FOI release

1. The number of new build properties purchased with assistance from Help to Buy (Scotland) Affordable New Build Scheme since the beginning of the scheme in 2013. 2. The total value of equity loans extended by the Scottish Government under the scheme over this period. 3. For the end of each financial year since it’s ...

FOI not held 45 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500482470
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Scottish Government ministerial staff statistics: FOI release

1. The current number of staff that currently report directly to each Scottish Government Minister (please can you break this down by each Scottish Government Minister). 2. The total amount currently paid in salaries to staff supporting each Scottish Government Minister (please can you break down total amounts by each...

FOI not held 70 score 18 working days correspondence ministers spending s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500481703
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Data on care home residents: FOI release

In the reply, it was stated that “it is not possible currently to arrive at shortfall figures, as the datasets involved (Care Home Census and FPNC uptake) cannot be directly reconciled.” The residents in question are not statistical abstractions: they are identifiable individuals with National Insurance numbers, tax r...

FOI not held 40 score 16 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500483868
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Scotland’s National Concessionary Travel Scheme in Local Authorities: FOI release

1. The number of residents eligible for Scotland’s National Concessionary Travel Scheme in each local authority area. 2. The total number of scheduled bus routes operating in each local authority area, broken down into: a. Commercial routes b. Supported/subsidised routes 3. Any reports, analysis, or internal correspo...

FOI not held 40 score 17 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500480479
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Procedural failures in public notice for Mey BESS application: EIR release

Annex A confirms that the public notice for Mey BESS was published incorrectly in June 2024, requiring republication and an extended consultation deadline. This constitutes a material procedural irregularity. I request disclosure of all internal discussions, legal advice, or correspondence relating to this failure and ...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.39(2) s.36 s.10(4)

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: EIR/202500483963
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Number of entries recorded at core Scottish Government buildings: FOI release

For each of the four core SG buildings - St Andrew’s House, Victoria Quay, Saughton House and Atlantic Quay – please can you tell me the following: The number of unique building pass users recorded entering each facility every day, Monday to Friday, in the following months of 2024 – July, August, September, October, N...

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence s.17

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500480070
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Water use for data centres: EIR release

I would like to request any information you hold on existing or future policies regarding the use of water for data centres in Scotland. I am particularly interested in any discussions regarding steps to be taken should the amount of water used for data centres start to have a detrimental impact on the quality and amou...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score correspondence s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500480120
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

Meetings relating to the A9 Dualling Project: EIR release

1) A record of all meetings involving Scottish Government officials and any internal or external parties (such as individuals, campaign organisations, Transport Scotland representatives, other elected officials) on the topic of the A9 Dualling Project, and subsequent Impact Reports and consultations since May 1st, 2021...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.3 s.5 s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) s.2 s.4 4 attachments

Published: 2025-12-08
Reference: FOI/202500479110
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Pilot whale stranding at Tolsta information: EIR release

Release autopsy finding on the pilot whales stranded at Tolsta in 2023. I tain and make publicly available the equipment data logs from the 36 hours prior to the stranding of the Wind farm survey vessel which was in the area. We demand transparency.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.9 2 attachments

Published: 2025-12-03
Reference: EIR/202500484316
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Post mortems of 55 pilot whales stranded at Tolsta: EIR release

The post mortems of 55 pilot whales, that tragically died at tolsta last july just hours after the survey vessel was manovering in that same location, have not been published. Please release these as soon as possible and the activities of that survey vessel in those hours prior to the deaths There needs to be transpare...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.9 2 attachments

Published: 2025-12-03
Reference: EIR/202500484319
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Transport Scotland infrastructure deployment, safety protocols and environmental oversight of 5G, LED lighting and smart roads: EIR release

5G Infrastructure & Deployment Oversight 1. Documents outlining the current approach to 5G infrastructure deployment on public assets (e.g. lampposts, signage, CCTV poles), including any guidance, frameworks, or implementation notes. 2. Names and roles of individuals or departments involved in coordinating 5G install...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 18 working days correspondence meetings contracts spending s.2 s.4 s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-12-03
Reference: EIR/202500482251
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Money provided to Inverclyde Council to help with the closure of Amazon and EE facilities in Greenock: FOI release

How much money has the Scottish Government provided to Inverclyde Council to help with the closure of Amazon and EE facilities in Greenock, with a breakdown where this money went?

FOI not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence s.17

Published: 2025-12-03
Reference: FOI/202500481833
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Documentary evidence of a causeway between the Isles of Luing and Torsa Beag: EIR Review

Original request 202500475065 Copies of all documents, memoranda, maps, images, inspection reports, and any other papers held by Marine Scotland tending to show the existence or non existence at any time of a man-made causeway between the islands of Luing and Torsa Beag. In addition to the foregoing, copies of all pa...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11 s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-12-02
Reference: EIR/202500481010 Review of 202500475065
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Data for young people residing at various institutions: FOI release

Since August 2024, please provide a figure from the first of each month (September – August 2025) of how many young people were housed in Good Shepherd Centre, Bishopton on that day who were deemed a risk to themselves, and had not been accused or convicted of a crime. Since August 2024, please provide a figure from th...

FOI not held 40 score 19 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-12-02
Reference: FOI/202500481415
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Public sector

Oversight, funding and content of Holocaust education delivery in primary schools: FOI release

The oversight, funding, and content of Holocaust education delivered within Scottish primary schools under the purview of the Scottish Government. 1. Curriculum Oversight & Source Attribution a. All recorded information relating to the Scottish Government’s role in approving, funding, or endorsing Holocaust education ...

FOI not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.4 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-12-02
Reference: FOI/202500481400
Directorate: Education Reform Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Information regarding benefit appeals in Stirling: FOI release

With reference to a prior FOI response, 202500482321, you requested information on how many of the 34 benefits appeals heard at tribunals at Wallace House in Stirling had a representative present.

FOI not held 45 score 15 working days correspondence s.17(1)

Published: 2025-12-02
Reference: FOI/202500482321
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Kinloch Castle costs: FOI release

Please give me two figures. 1. How much has been spent over the last twenty years, including quango overheads, on all these studies and reports? 2. How much has been spent actually maintaining the castle structure, excluding architects, surveyors, management fees and the like? Only include actual tradesmens labour an...

FOI not held 45 score 14 working days correspondence spending s.1 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-11-25
Reference: FOI/202500483672
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Student Awards Agency Scotland student support regulations and ministerial guidance: FOI release

1) Eligibility rules, guidance and terminology 1.1 Current eligibility policies and any post-2019 change logs covering residency/immigration categories and evidence requirements, including ministerial guidance relied upon. 1.2 Any internal guidance/training issued to staff addressing the Equality Act definition of “s...

FOI not held 70 score 18 working days correspondence ministers contracts spending s.1 s.2 s.3 s.5 s.20 s.17(1) s.38(1) s.35(1) s.30 s.4 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-20
Reference: FOI/202500480810
Directorate
Topic: Education, Money and tax, Public sector

Large-scale housing development information: EIR release

Information regarding large-scale housing developments in Edinburgh and surrounding areas, specifically focusing on developments in Winchburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) 10 attachments

Published: 2025-11-20
Reference: EIR/202500480494
Directorate: Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Housing, Public sector

Transport Scotland landscape design of the A90 at Forfar: EIR release

Details of the landscape design of the A90 road junction at the intersection of the Forfar Road and Kingsway East Dundee after the layout of the junction was altered. The layout of the junction was altered in July 2008.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 12 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-20
Reference: EIR/202500482213
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Coul Links golf development planning costs: EIR release

The total cost to Scot Gov of the planning appeal / inquiry for the coul links golf course and the number of hours of staff time attached to this application.

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-11-19
Reference: EIR/202500480659
Directorate: Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Sexual offence conviction statistics: FOI release

1. The number of men convicted of sexual offences in Scotland in each of the last five years (2020– 2025 inclusive, or the most recent five-year period available). 2. A breakdown of these convictions by the nationality of the convicted person. 3. If available, a breakdown of these convictions by age group and local a...

FOI not held 65 score 6 working days correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-19
Reference: FOI/202500482683
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Properties used by asylum seekers and refugees in the Glasgow area: FOI release

1. Whether any properties in the area of Castlemilk are currently being used, or have been used in the past 12 months, to house asylum seekers, refugees, or individuals awaiting immigration status decisions. 2. If the former Torbrae Care Home is currently being used, or have been used in the past 12 months, to house a...

FOI not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence contracts s.2 s.3 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-11-19
Reference: FOI/202500480761
Directorate: Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

Education Scotland spend: FOI release

Please provide the following information for each financial year from 2021–22 to 2025–26 (to date) and please breakdown the information by each year: 1. The cost of overtime paid to employees. 2. The cost of agency and temporary staff. 3. The cost to recruitment agencies. 4. The cost of all spending on external con...

FOI not held 45 score 38 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.2 s.4 s.5 s.7 s.8 s.17 s.33 s.25(1)

Published: 2025-11-19
Reference: FOI/202500476729
Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector