Scottish Government FOI Index

21,804releases indexed

39,314attachments found

29.7avg calendar days

8,076partially withheld

2016-06-13oldest in sample

2026-05-18newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,076 unclear 7,196 not held 3,056 released 1,536 already published 668 cost limit 606 clarification 348 withheld 241 transferred 77

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4907 s.20 4257 s.34(1) 3570 s.39(2) 3459 s.30 2867 s.17(1) 2764 s.25(1) 2372 s.10(4) 1973 s.11(2) 1562 s.29(1) 1169 s.2 1152 s.3 903

Timeline

2026-05 351 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 1,275 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 963 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 919 releases · 31.1 avg days Learning Directorate 859 releases · 34.4 avg days Economic Development Directorate 726 releases · 40.0 avg days Constitution Directorate 685 releases · 36.1 avg days Population Health Directorate 645 releases · 28.7 avg days People Directorate 631 releases · 25.8 avg days

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3,056 matching releases

Communications with Minister for Climate Action regarding Peatland Restoration: EIR release

1. All meetings that the Minister for Climate Action has held where skills in peatland restoration were discussed since his appointment. 2. All briefings related to these meetings. 3. All correspondence between Nature Scot and the Minister for Climate Action regarding peatland restoration and skills were mentioned.

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 13 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400443076
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

A96 dualling programme costs for the Aberdeen to East of Huntly stretch: EIR release

Broken down by year, how much has been spent on the Aberdeen to East of Huntly stretch of the A96 dualling programme, first announced in 2011 please? This includes any costs associated with the dualling project. Can you also tell me how much has been spent on work and investigations into both the Inverurie and Keith B...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400445543
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Scottish Government spend on food: FOI release

1. How much does the Scottish Government spend on food each year? Please provide data for each year since 2015 (calendar if possible, otherwise financial year). 2. A breakdown of the volume of food purchased by the Scottish Government (e.g. 700lbs beef, 12,000lbs potatoes etc.). Please provide data for each year since...

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.12

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: FOI/202400441739
Directorate: Corporate Operations Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

External review of cultural development, senior leadership and governance at NHS Orkney: FOI release

1 - Scottish Government recommended and requested Professor Tracy Myhill to undertake an external review of Cultural development, senior leadership and governance at NHS Orkney. Can you please detail the recorded person, and position of this person? 2 - Scottish Government recommended and requested Professor Tracy Myh...

FOI not held 40 score 9 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: FOI/202400444157
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Broadband connections in Moray: FOI release

1. How many properties in the Moray constituency remain to be connected to superfast broadband? 2. Out of those remaining properties in what year are 100% of properties in Moray expected to be connected to superfast broadband? 3. In the last five financial years, how much money has the Scottish Government invested in...

FOI not held 45 score 17 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 s.3

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: FOI/202400442401
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Public sector

Number of heat pumps and boilers in government buildings: EIR release

1. The number of heat pumps in government owned buildings? 2. A breakdown by each of the past five financial years? 3. The number of gas boilers in government buildings? 4. A breakdown by each of the past five financial years?

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 8 working days correspondence ministers s.10(4) s.3

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400444259
Directorate: Corporate Operations Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 information: FOI release

How many locations (roughly) are offering free period products in Scotland? How much money does the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 save the average person in Scotland? How much funding has been provided by the Scottish Government to ensure free period products are available in public places across...

FOI not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence meetings s.17(1)

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: FOI/202400442023
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Public sector

A96 Corridor Review details: EIR release

Last week Transport Scotland published its A96 Corridor Review, which included a ‘refined package’ which would include spending on active travel. Has Transport Scotland: 1. Made any assessment of how much these active travel routes would cost? Please break down by walking routes, cycling routes etc. 2. Made any asse...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 12 working days correspondence ministers spending s.20 s.39(2) s.1 s.10(4) s.6

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400443417
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Fish health inspections and welfare breaches: EIR release

1. Please could you confirm how many statutory fish health inspections were completed by FHI on fish farms in Scotland in the period between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023? 2. How many of the fish health inspections conducted by FHI inspectors in the period 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023 identified possible fi...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 12 working days correspondence s.19 s.24 s.20 s.39(2) s.3 s.10(4)

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: EIR/202400443391
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Speeding incident data for Roseisle in Moray: FOI release

In the last five financial years, how many incidents in relation to speeding have been recorded in the village of Roseisle in Moray? How many of these incidents have been (I) Fatal (ii) Serious (iii) Slight? In terms of recording speeding incidents, what is the (i) highest speed recorded in Roseisle for each financial ...

FOI not held 40 score 18 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-01-20
Reference: FOI/202400442329
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Multi-Functional Devices and printing/scanning services contracts: FOI release

A range of information relating to our current Multi-Functional Devices and printing/scanning services contract(s) based on these questions. 1. What services are included in the contract(s)? (e.g. printing vs scanning etc). 2. Which supplier is delivering them? (If in-house, please confirm or if multiple providers pl...

FOI not held 45 score 13 working days correspondence contracts spending s.1 s.17(1) s.14 s.15 s.16

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400441636
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Bus services that do not accept the National Entitlement Card: FOI release

A list of the services (including the "premium-fare services buses") that do not accept the National Entitlement Card. My request is also to ask why the National Entitlement Card is not accepted for these services.

FOI not held 40 score 4 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400443217
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Escape of 80,000 salmon in February 2023: EIR release

Questions about the escape of 80,000 salmon February 2023: What size/age were the escaped salmon please? What company owned the salmon? Where were the salmon being moved from and where along the route did they escape? How/why did they escape?

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 15 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400441299
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Completed risk assessments relating to movement of fish by boat: EIR release

A copy of all completed risk assessments, which relate to the movement of fish by boat over the last 2 years. In communication with you we clarified the scope of your request. We confirmed that this should relate to risk assessments associated with seawater-to-seawater movements of live farmed salmon, for further farm...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400440159
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Number of hatchery fish caught in the Tay catchment: EIR release

The number of hatchery fish which have been caught in the Tay catchment since 1994, broken down annually. If there are estimates as to what this total catch means for the total number of hatchery fish which returned to the system, then I would like these figures too. You subsequently clarified (4 December 2024) that t...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 6 working days correspondence s.10(4)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400443004
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Cleaner fish production and usage in Scotland: EIR release

Information concerning cleaner fish production and usage in Scotland, specifically asking for 'an overview on the amount of cleaner fish being used in Scotland, from start to today? By start meaning, when first the Scottish aquaculture started using cleaner fish as a biological control of sea lice'. We received furthe...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.6(1)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400440944
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Number of registered farms in specific locations around Scotland: EIR release

How many registered farms there are in, broken down by year 2024, 2023 and 2022? 1 – Aberdeenshire 2 – Angus 3 – Moray 4 – Highlands For 2024, please could you tell me how many of these are estimated to cost £1 million or more?

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

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400440910
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Number of road speed signs in Scotland: FOI release

The total number of road speed signs that are currently in Scotland, broken down into a table via local authorities to reflect Scotland’s trunks roads, motorways, A, B, and C roads.

FOI not held 70 score 7 working days correspondence s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400443094
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Health Secretary's visits to Aberdeen football matches: FOI release

All emails sent from (i) Neil Gray’s email address (ii) anyone from Neil Gray’s team in the last two weeks that relate to him attending football matches. Any record of correspondence to the First Minister that relates to the Health Secretary attending the football matches. Any briefings, emails or other forms of inf...

FOI not held 70 score 15 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400441446
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Arts, culture and sport, Health and social care, Public sector

A96 accidents and assessment work spend: EIR release

The following: In the last five financial years, how many accidents have occurred on the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen? How many of these have been (i) Fatal (ii) Serious (iii) Slight? How many of these occurred on (I) dualled parts of the road or (ii) non-dualled parts of the road? In the current financial year ...

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

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400442318
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Fraud investigations in Social Security Scotland: FOI release

Request for information 1: The number of fraud investigation in each year since Social Security Scotland was created in 2018? Request for information 2: The number of allegations of fraud in each year since Social Security Scotland was created in 2018? Request for information 3: The number of allegations of fraud ref...

FOI not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence s.30 s.17(1) s.25(1)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400441375
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Free Bikes Pilot Schemes for School Age Children: FOI Review

Original request 202400438413 Using FOI Scotland could you tell me how many children and the numbers in each area who received a free bicycle from the SNP government? I would also like to know how much each bicycle cost and how much it cost to run to rack up 4 million of taxpayers money?

FOI not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400440820 Review of 202400438413
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Personal and government devices that have accessed the Glastonbury website: FOI release

Numbers of personal and government devices, from both the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government, that accessed website glastonbury.seetickets.com on both the 14/11/2024 between 17:00 and 19:00 and the 17/11/2024 between 08:00 and 10:00, that used Wi-Fi provided by the Scottish Parliament or Scottish Government.

FOI not held 40 score 12 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400442259
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Details of commercial fishing in identified areas: EIR release

The amount (weight) and type of fish/crustacean/mollusc that is landed, where it is landed and if possible, where it goes (local/national/internation). The area of interest for our survey’s are: Dumfries and Galloway Survey - the Solway Firth from Glencaple to the Isle of Whithorn Hunterston Survey - Wemyss Bay to Sal...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 13 working days correspondence s.10(4) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: EIR/202400442336
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

NHS Lothian Serious Adverse Event Reviews (SAER): FOI release

1. How many SAERs have been raised each year within NHS Lothian, over the past 5 years, including 2024 to date? 2. What categorisation can be provided for these SAERs? For example, by Medical Discipline…. ENT, Cardiology, Urology etc. 3. What is the average time taken for conducting the review, from initiating incide...

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence s.17(1)

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400440806
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills