Scottish Government FOI Index

22,922releases indexed

40,952attachments found

29.5avg calendar days

8,507partially withheld

2016-06-13oldest in sample

2026-11-04newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,507 unclear 7,460 not held 3,292 released 1,599 already published 716 cost limit 637 clarification 377 withheld 251 transferred 83

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5225 s.20 4485 s.34(1) 3789 s.39(2) 3640 s.30 3038 s.17(1) 2981 s.25(1) 2557 s.10(4) 2089 s.11(2) 1639 s.29(1) 1249 s.2 1245 s.3 980

Timeline

2026-11 48 2026-10 227 2026-09 8 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,336 releases · 27.8 avg days Marine Directorate 991 releases · 29.7 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 972 releases · 31.1 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 741 releases · 39.6 avg days Constitution Directorate 710 releases · 35.8 avg days Population Health Directorate 678 releases · 28.6 avg days People Directorate 667 releases · 25.5 avg days

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7,460 matching releases

Disclosure Scotland operational budget and staffing: FOI release

1. The total operational budget of Disclosure Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25. 2. The total headcount of Disclosure Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25. 3. The total FTE number of staff employed by Disclosure Scotland in the Financial Years a) ...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence s.25(1)

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471849
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

A85 Taynuilt Village street lights: FOI release

You asked for "by way of a Freedom of Information request (FOI) seeking the total cost of the recent installation of new and disposal of old street lights along the section of the A85 through the Taynuilt Village area".

FOI unclear 50 score 4 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500474723
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Ministerial engagements attended by relation or friend: FOI release

Please provide a list of all ministerial engagements, meetings or visits in 2025 to date where a minister has been accompanied by a spouse/partner, other family member or friend. In each case, please confirm: The relation of the guest to the minister. Whether the friend or family member travel using the ministerial c...

FOI unclear 50 score 15 working days correspondence ministers meetings

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500472116
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Agriculture & Rural Economy Directorate IT services: FOI release

1. The total amount spent on IT services by the Agriculture and Rural Economy directorate for each of the following financial years; 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. 2. A breakdown of the spend provided by 1 above showing the amount spent per company, i.e. Financial Year, Company Name, Amount Received. This need only be ...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470770
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Scottish Government Ministers interactions with Large Language Models (LLM): FOI release

Can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: Any recorded transcripts, logs, outputs, or other documentation of interactions between Scottish Government Ministers and ChatGPT or any other large language model (LLM) from January 1, 2025, to June 18, 2025. This includes ...

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence ministers s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471617
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Reassignment and Restructuring Policy for Social Security Scotland: FOI release

To see the full Reassignment and Restructuring Policy for Social Security Scotland.

FOI unclear 75 score 11 working days correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500479174
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Payments made to the Energy Saving Trust: EIR release

Please can you state how much has been paid to the Energy Saving Trust over the last 5 financial years? There are four associated companies registered at Companies House. Please advise how much was paid to each one: ENERGY SAVING TRUST ENTERPRISES LIMITED trading as WARMWORKS SCOTLAND LLP (SO305326) 223-231, Pentonvil...

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: EIR/202500477202
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

UK Prime Minister's pothole fund documentation: FOI release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, and analysis, about Keir Starmer's pothole fund, between March 1 2025 and May 1 2025? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seven-million-more-potholes-to-be-filled-n...

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500477276
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Remedial Service Statement statistics: FOI release

1. How many retired members of the Police pension scheme will receive a Remedial Service Statement (RSS)? 2. To date how many RSS’s have been issued to retired members of the Police pension scheme? 3. How many retired members of the Teachers pension scheme will receive a Remedial Service Statement (RSS)? 4. To date ...

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500473518
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Costs of Scottish Government's media room: FOI release

Full breakdown of costs for the Scottish Government's media room from the last five years, broken down per year.

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500471222
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) police officer statistics: FOI release

Can you please provide information in respect of police officers who are in immediate detriment due to pension changes and waiting on production of their Remediable Service Statements: 1) Number of retired officers making scheme pays who retired prior to October 2023 and eligible for pension remedy due to being moved ...

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500473191
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Cryptocurrency held by Scottish Government: FOI release

The total value of cryptocurrency that is currently owned or held by the Scottish Government, broken down by the type of cryptocurrency (e.g Bitcoin).

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500468576
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Calculations of UK Government’s spending review: FOI release

Responding to the UK Government’s spending review on 11th June 2025, Shona Robison said: “Had our resource funding for day-to-day priorities grown in line with the UK Government's overall spending, we would have £1.1 billion more to spend on our priorities over the next three years. In effect, Scotland has been short-...

FOI unclear 50 score 12 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470442
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Right to Buy Scheme revenue and statistics: FOI release

You asked for the following information: The total revenue generated for the Scottish Government through the Right to Buy Scheme throughout its existence in Scotland between 1980 to 31st July 2016 broken into each decade, for example from 1980 – 1990, 1990 – 2000, 2000 – 2010, 2010 – 2016. How has this income has bee...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500459052
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Disclosure Scotland spend: FOI release

I am writing to request the following information under freedom of information legislation: 1. The total amount of money spent by your organisation on overtime payments in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. 2. The total amount of money spent fixing/replacing broken equipment in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-...

FOI unclear 55 score 16 working days correspondence contracts spending s.17(1) s.6 s.9

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469462
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Traffic density figures on section of A9: FOI release

I searched for road statistics on UK Departement of Transport count points maps: https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/#12/57.8197/-4.3315/basemap-countpoints But datasets are sporadic and annual (not seasonal or daily). I believe there is a substantial difference in 'Motor Vehicles' counts between spring and summer for exa...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469526
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

ScotWind leasing revenues: FOI release

Could you supply how much of the ScotWind money earned so far has been spent, how much is left and a breakdown of what it has been spent on?

FOI unclear 55 score 15 working days correspondence s.52

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500470123
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

M74 Trunk Road Temporary 30mph Speed: FOI release

Regarding the TTRO 2025 No. 135 ROAD TRAFFIC The M74 Trunk Road (Junction 9 to Junction 11) (Temporary 30mph Speed Restriction) Order 2025 - where and when was this published as per the statutory order prior to its enactment?

FOI unclear 50 score 9 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500471847
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Mitigating the two-child limit data: FOI release

1. The projected annual cost to the Scottish Government of mitigating the two-child limit in each year between 2026 to 2029 (or the closest figures/years that are available). 2. The projected number of households who will benefit from mitigating the two-child limit in each year between 2026 to 2029 (or the closest fig...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence spending s.25(1)

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500471390
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit funding: FOI release

Appearing on BBC Radio Scotland’s Lunchtime Live programme on 28th May 2025, Jimmy Paul, the Head of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, was asked whether the Scottish Government had cut the funding for the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. He said: “So it’s a 3% cut in funding, which amounts to a little over £30,000...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.25(1)

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500468619
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Public sector

Primary and secondary school education data: FOI release

You asked for all publicly funded schools in Scotland from the relevant dashboards: Primary Dashboard Data (2021 and 2022): Literacy % Meeting Level (disaggregated by writing, listening & talking, reading if available) Numeracy % Meeting Level Gap in Literacy (most deprived minus least deprived) Gap in Numeracy (most...

FOI unclear 75 score 5 working days correspondence meetings 4 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500472783
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Best Start Foods eligibility: FOI release

Request for information 1: How the income threshold for Best Start Foods is calculated for those applying under ‘No recourse to public funds’? Is there any other monies that are included in addition to a client’s earnings? Request for information 2: The website states – your family income is £2,121.02 or less a month ...

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

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500473023
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Traffic light sequence on specific Greenock junction: EIR release

Confirm the traffic light sequence at the junction between Rue End Street, Greenock, and Brymner Street, Greenock. In particular, we are interested in the traffic light sequence for vehicles wishing to turn right from Rue End Street onto Brymner Street.” You further requested any plan of the junction available please.

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 15 working days correspondence s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500471033
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Gourock to Dunoon passenger ferry services cost: FOI release

Information provided to the Clyde, Kintyre and Island Ferry Stakeholder Group at the most recent meeting was correct, and if we can provide the latest financial information in terms of route costs provided to Ministers.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469721
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Gourock to Dunoon passenger ferry services cost estimate for Option C2: FOI release

Cost estimates for Options C3, C4, and C5 following our previous release to you of the cost estimate for Option C2.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500469723
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport