Scottish Government FOI Index

18,099releases indexed

29,946attachments found

29.8avg calendar days

6,650partially withheld

2019-05-15oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 6,650 unclear 6,023 not held 2,568 released 1,213 already published 588 cost limit 504 clarification 288 withheld 199 transferred 66

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4133 s.20 3541 s.34(1) 3273 s.39(2) 2802 s.30 2391 s.17(1) 2346 s.25(1) 1993 s.10(4) 1663 s.11(2) 1363 s.2 986 s.29(1) 969 s.3 758

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 1,053 releases · 28.0 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 833 releases · 31.1 avg days Marine Directorate 741 releases · 29.0 avg days Learning Directorate 657 releases · 34.7 avg days Population Health Directorate 577 releases · 28.9 avg days Constitution Directorate 553 releases · 36.5 avg days Economic Development Directorate 545 releases · 40.3 avg days People Directorate 513 releases · 25.9 avg days

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326 matching releases

Improving Outcomes and Reform funding: FOI release

Information about the ‘Improving Outcomes and Reforms’ budget line in the 2025-2026 health and social care budget. Specifically, information about what this budget line is, what exactly it funds and the analysis/calculation behind the cut in this year’s budget.

FOI unclear 50 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence

Published: 2025-01-22
Reference: FOI/202400443866
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Equally Safe Strategy (ESS) and Victim Centred Approach (VCA) funding: FOI release

Information on the total and annual funding awarded since the Equally Safe strategy was established in 2014, as well as information on the total funding awarded through the Victim Centred Approach Fund since 2022, broken down by year and recipient organisation.

FOI unclear 55 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.25(1) s.3

Published: 2025-01-21
Reference: FOI/202400443128
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Regulations for cosmetic procedures: FOI release

1. What steps are being taken to regulate cosmetic procedures? 2. What has been done to follow up on the findings of the 2022 consultation on potential regulation (Non-surgical cosmetic procedures regulation: consultation analysis - final report - gov.scot ) to ensure all cosmetic treatments are carried out by appropr...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings contracts

Published: 2025-01-17
Reference: FOI/202400440374
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

NHS Scotland ill health retirement application statistics: FOI release

1) The number of ill-health retirement applications across NHS Scotland for the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. a) The number of successful ill-health retirement applications across NHS Scotland for the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, ideally for each board. b) The number of failed ill...

FOI unclear 75 score 56 working days over deadline correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-01-09
Reference: FOI/202400439813
Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Breakdown of Health and Social care savings: FOI release

Please could I submit a further freedom of information request. Please provide a breakdown of the following savings lines provided at Annex A. Please provide a short description of a sentence or two explaining how these savings are being delivered and what schemes are affected. Other Board Services and Miscellaneous I...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2024-11-28
Reference: FOI/202400436726
Directorate: Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion (PAEP) temporary closure: FOI release

On 17 September 2024, it was publicly reported that the Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion (PAEP) needed to close temporarily from Monday 28 October 2024 for building repair work. a) Please confirm whether this was the earliest date on which this need for closure was publicised. b) When did the Scottish Government firs...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2024-11-12
Reference: FOI/202400434745
Directorate: Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Information Commissioner's decision on part-time Junior Doctors pension contribution: FOI release

With regards to this decision from the Scottish Information Commissioner - https://www.foi.scot/sites/default/files/2024-09/Decision191-2024.pdf - please can you tell me: A - the name of the scheme or schemes those impacted by the October 2023 change are members of. B - how many pension scheme members were impacted b...

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence

Published: 2024-10-21
Reference: FOI/202400433727
Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Money and tax, Public sector

Breakdown of level 4 budget savings: FOI release

Of the budget cuts announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government on 3 September 2024, any further breakdown of the details of these cuts. For example, if this data has a ‘level 4’ breakdown similar to what is published after Scottish Government budgets. Please provide the specific cuts at level 4 ...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2024-10-17
Reference: FOI/202400431207
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Economy, Public sector

Procedural changes to the NHS clinical frailty scale during Covid-19 pandemic: FOI release

Can you confirm that the CMO was responsible for any procedural changes to the NHS clinical frailty scale and or DNACPR notices put in place during the pandemic?

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.12

Published: 2024-10-17
Reference: FOI/202400433801
Directorate: Chief Medical Officer Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Health and social care savings breakdown from the Scottish Government Pre-Budget Fiscal Update: FOI release

A breakdown of the health and social care savings set out in annex A of the Scottish Government Pre-Budget Fiscal Update: Letter to Finance Committee, published 3rd September, available here. This included 1. For each heading (EG community eyecare, general medical services etc), please provide a breakdown of all the i...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2024-10-15
Reference: FOI/202400430249
Directorate: Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Scope of Practice and Medical Associate Professionals: FOI release

1. What is the scope of practice of a PA, AA or SCP? 2. Who sets this scope of practice? 3. How much money is spent in Scotland on salaries of physician associate, physician assistant, anaesthesia associate, surgical care practitioner? 4. What is the number in Scotland of physician associate, physician assistant, anaes...

FOI unclear 55 score 8 working days correspondence s.25(1)

Published: 2024-10-15
Reference: FOI/202400433327
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Funding pledged to NHS Grampian for school nursing: FOI release

Of the £60 million pledged by the Scottish Government to school nursing, how much has been allocated to NHS Grampian for each year from 2018 to 2024 inclusive?

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2024-10-10
Reference: FOI/202400429492
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Public sector

Number of people being bullied, harassed and discriminated against in the NHS: FOI release

1. How many people are currently being bullied, harassed and discriminated against in the NHS? 2. How many people have committed suicide due to bullying/harassment in the NHS?

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence s.17(1)

Published: 2024-10-09
Reference: FOI/202400431997
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Regulation and expansion of Medical Associate Professional (MAP) roles within NHS Scotland: FOI release

1. You stated “This order [the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024] is the culmination of years of collaborative working between the four governments of the UK and multiple public consultations.” Aside from the 2017 consultation conducted by the DHSC, published 2019, please supply a list of all t...

FOI unclear 80 score 17 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.25(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2024-09-17
Reference: FOI/202400394030
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Health Retirement of NHS staff diagnosed with long Covid and associated illnesses: FOI release

Information regarding NHS Scotland staff who contracted Covid and as a result were diagnosed with long Covid as well as other associated illness of a result of Covid, broken down into associated illnesses: How many staff have applied for ill health retirement? How many staff have had a successful claim for ill health ...

FOI unclear 75 score 19 working days correspondence contracts spending 2 attachments

Published: 2024-09-17
Reference: FOI/202400403270
Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Long Covid funding: FOI release

“All relevant information on what has been done with this funding* & why it’s not been fully used, & also what the £10 million pounds was used for over the three years.” *Within your covering email, you have indicated that this funding refers to “an article published 10/07/24 in a tabloid, [where] it was stated that t...

FOI unclear 50 score 5 working days correspondence

Published: 2024-09-03
Reference: FOI/202400422426
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Podiatry treatments policy: FOI release

Has the Scottish Government and/or NHS Scotland ever decreed/issued a directive/recommendation to any/all of the 14 Scottish health boards to cease offering routine* podiatry treatments to patients with serious health conditions and who have been clinically assessed as being at risk if not regularly treated? * Routine...

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence

Published: 2024-09-03
Reference: FOI/202400414481
Directorate: Chief Nursing Officer Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Private GP referrals policy: FOI release

1. Scottish Government or Health Department policy/document(s). 2. Meetings regarding private GP referrals.

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence meetings

Published: 2024-09-03
Reference: FOI/202400413895
Directorate: Primary Care Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Sleepio application usage: FOI release

In September 2021, NHS Scotland commissioned Big Health’s Sleepio as the provider of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia. I would like information regarding The number of GPs in Scotland, since 2021, that have been trained by Big Health in the use of Sleepio. I request that this information is given for each y...

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending 2 attachments

Published: 2024-09-02
Reference: FOI/202400405112
Directorate: Mental Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

NHS performance comparisons across the UK: FOI release

For the avoidance of doubt, I do not expect you to carry out a full comparison of NHS Scotland against NHS English Trusts. I only seek the data that already exists in possession of the Scottish Government which is used and quoted on a regular basis. I would suggest simply asking a few of the SNP MPs to provide the data...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence

Published: 2024-09-02
Reference: FOI/202400417516
Directorate: Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

NHS Scotland Partnership Information Network (PIN) policy compliance: FOI release

Can you confirm by FoI that NHSGGC trust have ensured to the Scottish Government comply with the minimum standards that are set out in the Scottish Government Redeployment: NHSScotland PIN policy Published on 15 December 2014. In particular does the Trust has ensured that all the points below are complied with, 2.2 P...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence meetings s.2 2 attachments

Published: 2024-07-18
Reference: FOI/202300386463
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Puberty Blockers deferred for new patients: FOI release

I see Greater Glasgow and Clyde have put a statement out about pausing puberty blockers and it says “On Clinical advice both NHS GG&C and NHS Lothian deferred starting new patients on these treatments in mid-March 2024 in response to the position taken by NHS England and while the publication of Cass Review was awaite...

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence 4 attachments

Published: 2024-07-10
Reference: FOI/202400409959
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Money spent on NHS maternity and neonatal services in Scotland: FOI release

The amount that the Scottish government has spent on NHS maternity and neonatal services in Scotland for each financial year: 2022-23, 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020, 2018-2019.

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2024-07-08
Reference: FOI/202400409637
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Public sector

Scottish Directors of Public Health funding: FOI release

1. Is Scottish Directors of Public Health in receipt of funding from the Scottish Government? 2. If this organisation is in receipt of Government funding, please confirm the level of funding since 2018 (the year minimum pricing came into effect), with a break-down of the funding for each year to 2024. 3. Please confi...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence

Published: 2024-06-12
Reference: FOI/202400413502
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Money and tax, Public sector

NHS health boards restructure: FOI release

NHS Scotland had 14 territorial NHS Boards across Scotland, seven special non-geographic health boards and NHS Health Scotland, as this has now changed under some sort of amateur restructure can you please advise who is the parent organisation previously known as NHSS and of the Regional boards/NHSTrusts and what ‘spec...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence

Published: 2024-04-30
Reference: FOI/202400404553
Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector