Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

21,792releases indexed
39,278attachments found
29.7avg calendar days
8,073partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,073 unclear 7,195 not held 3,052 released 1,533 already published 668 cost limit 605 clarification 348 withheld 241 transferred 77

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4905 s.20 4252 s.34(1) 3567 s.39(2) 3455 s.30 2866 s.17(1) 2763 s.25(1) 2372 s.10(4) 1971 s.11(2) 1559 s.29(1) 1168 s.2 1152 s.3 903

Timeline

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Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,275 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 961 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 725 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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Questions concerning flu vaccination programmes: FOI release

1. adjuvanted trivalent inactivated flu vaccine (aTIV) to ascertain its exact contents; 2. cell based quadrivalent inactivated vaccine (QIVc), again to know the exact contents; 3. the 'live' attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) as offered to schools; exact contents required. If I have missed any influenza vaccine tha...

FOI not held 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence contracts spending s.25(1) s.17(1) s.6
Published
2021-01-28
Reference
FOI/202000105959
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Questions concerning scientific evidence, guidelines and statistical information related to COVID-19: FOI release

1. Scientific evidence for face covering guidelines in schools, shops and on public transport; 2. All medical risk assessments associated with face coverings for adults and children; 3. Scientific evidence for all imposed lockdown guidelines since February 2020. 4. Medical risk assessments associated with lockdown meas...

FOI not held 45 score 102 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.6 s.2 s.17(1) s.25(1) s.27(1)
Published
2021-01-26
Reference
FOI/202000082329
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector

COVID-19 Vaccine rollout external organisations: FOI release

1) For your organisations involvement in the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, please provide a list of the individuals and/or teams within the organisation responsible for the logistical or planning aspects of the rollout. 2) A list of any external organisations, companies or charities involved in the vaccine rollout a...

FOI not held 45 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence contracts s.38(1) s.31(1)
Published
2021-01-12
Reference
FOI/202000119144
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector

COVID-19 related information regarding previous and future Health Protection Regulations: FOI release

1. What is the 14 (or 7)-day incidence of reported cases (per 100k) in the Council of Aberdeen City (7/14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100k) 2. What is the Scottish Governments benchmark for new local lockdown restrictions? It couldn’t be just arbitrarily. 3. On which facts is the dangerousness of the ...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 97 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.4A s.17 s.17(1) s.30 s.25
Published
2020-12-21
Reference
FOI/202000072147
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Questions concerning COVID-19 testing efficiency: FOI release

Of the positive cases of COVID-19 that have been reported by the Scottish Government for which the real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) COVID-19 test was used how many results used an isolated virus as the reference standard i.e. how many were genuine positive cases?

FOI not held 45 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence s.17(1)
Published
2020-12-10
Reference
FOI/202000107186
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Questions concerning issues faced during the COVID-19 pandemic: FOI release

1. Is it not the case that the First Minister's failure to order lockdown early enough caused the death of 2,000 citizens in Scotland? 2. What is the name of the expert/s that was/were advising the First Minister about lockdown during the first three weeks of March 2020? 3. How many reports did that expert/those expe...

FOI not held 70 score 58 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2020-12-09
Reference
FOI/202000087292
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Statistics and guidance for sampling and laboratory investigations: FOI release

1. Please confirm whether the number of actual hospital admissions in Scotland for reporting purposes include only patients that were admitted due to a symptomatic Covid infection, rather than being asymptomatically tested upon arrival as part of standard protocol and subsequently being deemed a Covid hospital case des...

FOI not held 45 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence s.17(1)
Published
2020-11-30
Reference
FOI/202000102380
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Questions related to NHS Test and Protect: FOI release

1. The cost to date of the track and trace scheme 2. The number of tests undertaken to date 3. The cost per test to date

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending s.17(1)
Published
2020-11-23
Reference
FOI/202000102861
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Questions related to abortion services in Scotland: FOI release

1. What does the Scottish Government mean by the term "clinically safe" for the procedure of abortion? Please define the words "clinically" and "safe" separately and as used in the letter received by me that the procedure of abortion should be "clinically safe" 2. How is early medical abortion under the current tempor...

FOI not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence ministers s.17(1) s.4 s.8 s.10
Published
2020-11-16
Reference
FOI/202000102234
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Communities and third sector, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, +1 more … Health and social care

NHS Test and Trace and sound levels in the hospitality sector: FOI release

1. if students in halls of residence or private lets test positive - an example, Say a Fife student (their home address) was in halls in Glasgow for instance, which health board does the result get registered too? Its surely registered somehow with your NHS number too or how else do you identify people newly tested and...

FOI not held 70 score 28 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings s.29(1) s.38(1) s.34(1) s.17 s.27(1) 2 attachments
Published
2020-11-06
Reference
FOI/202000092162
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public safety and emergencies, +1 more … Public sector

COVID-19 test and tracing within schools: FOI release

1. Since the end of March 2020, can you tell me how many positive tests for COVID-19 have been traced to transmission within school settings and if there have been any, how many of these have been from child to adult, adult to child or adult to adult 2. What is the known False Positive Rate for the PCR testing equipmen...

FOI not held 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.7 s.17
Published
2020-10-28
Reference
FOI/202000091787
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector

Daily net hospital COVID-19 admissions and discharges: FOI release

Request 1 For the period 1st March to the latest date available, the daily net admission and discharges (not gross) of those with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 to hospitals in Scotland by Health Board. The ages of those admitted and discharged. The destination of those discharged e.g. home, care home, etc The number...

FOI not held 40 score 20 working days correspondence contracts
Published
2020-10-05
Reference
FOI/202000084349
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Recruitment for Test and Protect posts: FOI release

1. How many people applied for test and protect posts/jobs in Scotland in 2020? 2. How many full-time and part-time test and protect posts have been filled from external candidates, broken down by band? How many full-time and part-time test and protect posts have been filled from internal candidates, broken down by ban...

FOI not held 45 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence s.17(1)
Published
2020-10-01
Reference
FOI/202000077849
Directorate
Health Workforce Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector, Work and skills

COVID-19 Various questions: FOI release

1. How many people and their age groups died only of covid-19 that had absolutely no other underlying health conditions or trauma or were presumed to have it? 2. Exactly how is covid-19 tested for? 3. Were any DNR's ( Do not resuscitate ) issued on Government / health authority orders? 4. Exactly how many patients need...

FOI not held 45 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence s.5
Published
2020-08-10
Reference
FOI/202000046677
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public safety and emergencies, +1 more … Public sector

Various questions regarding coronavirus contact tracing strategy: FOI release

1) On what date was contact tracing as set out above first implemented in Scotland? 2) Is this process still in operation and if not, on what date was it terminated? 3) According to the statement referred to above, the advice given to close contacts of a person who has tested positive for coronavirus is: "Mainly inf...

FOI not held 40 score 57 working days over deadline correspondence meetings contracts spending
Published
2020-06-29
Reference
FOI/202000024474
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public safety and emergencies, Public sector

Questions concerning the Sturrock report: FOI Review

With ref. to the FOI response referenced above I do not believe that the response provided properly addressed the questions asked. I have noted below some specific points for your consideration. Q1 It is noted that the answer to this question was ‘Yes’. The additional comment does not appear to either enhance or qualif...

FOI not held 70 score 65 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.25(1) s.30 s.36(1) s.38(1) s.17(1) s.34(1) 6 attachments
Published
2020-06-09
Reference
FOI/202000024268 Review
Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

NHS Boards expenditure on private sector: FOI release

1. The total value of contracts in place currently assigned to private healthcare providers by the Scottish National Health Service (SNHS). This will preferably include all NHS Boards within Scotland. This will comprise newly awarded contracts in 2019 and the value of contracts already in existence from prior years tha...

FOI not held 45 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence contracts spending s.17(1)
Published
2020-01-14
Reference
FOI/201900009078
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Government and NHS Boards - external consultancy support: FOI release

You asked for the following information: 1. Which NHS territorial and special boards that the Scottish Government is aware of have accessed support from external consultants? 2. In regard to 1), please could you let me know the value, date and length of these contracts and the name of the company contracted to provid...

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence contracts s.33(1) s.17(1)
Published
2019-12-20
Reference
FOI/201900007376
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Government cancer research funding: FOI release

You asked; is it possible to advise the funding invested in any cancer research by the Scottish Government over the last 5 years?

FOI not held 40 score 14 working days correspondence spending
Published
2019-12-06
Reference
FOI/19/02578
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts - losses, special payments and gifts disclosures: FOI release

You asked for details regarding the 2018-19 losses, special payments and gifts disclosures on pages 57 and 58 of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019.

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings contracts spending s.38(1) s.4 s.34(1) s.17(1)
Published
2019-10-28
Reference
FOI/19/02231
Directorate
Financial Management Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Correspondence relating to Royal Sick Children’s Hospital of Edinburgh: FOI release

You asked for copies of any correspondence between the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Jeane Freeman MSP, and Tim Davison, the Chief Executive of NHS Lothian, regarding the Royal Sick Children’s Hospital of Edinburgh. You also asked for copies of any correspondence between the Cabinet Secretary for Health and S...

FOI not held 65 score 11 working days correspondence ministers 2 attachments
Published
2019-10-07
Reference
FOI/19/02167
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Health and social care, Public sector

Monitoring GP practices provision of online services to patients: FOI release

The 2018 GMS contract stated " Under the proposed new contract, GP practices will be required to provide online services to patients such as appointment booking and repeat prescription ordering, where the practice already has the existing computer systems and software required to implement online services safely." As t...

FOI not held 45 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending s.20 s.17C
Published
2019-09-17
Reference
FOI/19/01994
Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme (SIBBS) - further questions: FOI release

1. Details of the numbers of beneficiaries of the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme (SIBSS) who were in receipt of specific one off grants or any other available fundings such as: Income Top up support, application for living cost supplements or support and assistance grants used towards the cost of social care an...

FOI not held 45 score 15 working days correspondence meetings spending s.17(1) s.25(1)
Published
2019-09-05
Reference
FOI/19/01956
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme (SIBBS) various questions: FOI release

1) Since the introduction of the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme (SIBSS) in 2017 until the latest available date, has any NHS spending been allocated towards the palliative or medical care of Stage 2 infected blood victims in Scotland? If so, when was the funding introduced, and how much money has been allocated...

FOI not held 45 score 12 working days correspondence spending s.3 s.17(1)
Published
2019-09-04
Reference
FOI/19/01975
Directorate
Topic

Interim Report of Mental Health Services in Tayside and correspondence: FOI review

I have now completed my review of our failure to respond to your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for: 1. All draft versions of the Interim Report published by the Independent Inquiry into Mental Health Services in Tayside which had sent to the Scottish Government before publication...

FOI not held 70 score 5 working days correspondence s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2019-08-23
Reference
FOI/19/01946
Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector