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

Former First Minister's memoir 'Frankly': FOI release

You asked for whether the Scottish Government and any of its quangos has pre-ordered, or received any copies (physical or digital) of Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir ‘Frankly’. If so, please provide: (a) the number of copies (b) the total cost

FOI unclear 50 score 14 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500465695
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Arts, culture and sport, Public sector

Pupils with additional support needs and additional support for learning: FOI release

You asked for: 1. The number of additional support need staff employed in mainstream Scottish primary school 2. The number of Scottish primary schools that cater for pupils who require additional support. 3. The number of pupils with additional support needs attending a mainstream primary school.

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.3

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500466074
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Police Pensions and Meetings with HMRC: FOI release

You asked for the following information: I would like to ask two questions in relation the above act with regards to the amendments to the police pension and meetings with HMRC: 1) How many SPPA employees attended meetings with HMRC to discuss the calculations for the remedy to be paid? 2) What grading were these em...

FOI unclear 55 score 13 working days correspondence meetings s.2

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500466683
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Disclosure Scotland spending on temporary staff: FOI release

How much Disclosure Scotland has spent on employing temporary staff in financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence contracts spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500468630
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Charges for Subject Access Requests: FOI release

You asked for: Please can you provide the total of all £10 charges applied to those requesting a subject access request Pre COVID Post COVID And particularly In 2020

FOI unclear 50 score 3 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500471239
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) funding and eligibility: FOI release

Details of what the £160 million of funding previously planned for universal winter fuel payment for pensions was spent on. This was described as diverted to balance the 2024/25 budget in Audit Scotland’s ‘Fiscal Sustainability and reform in Scotland’ report of November 2024.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending

Published: 2025-09-04
Reference: FOI/202500468011
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Economy, Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Government hybrid working queries: FOI release

When did Scottish government first introduce a policy on hybrid working for employee? Can you provide me with a copy of that policy? Can you provide me with the Equality & Diversity Impact Assessment [EQIA] of that policy? What data gathering arrangements were put in place as a result of the EQIA to ensure that the pol...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence ministers contracts

Published: 2025-09-03
Reference: FOI/202500466607
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Date for implementation of 40% office attendance policy: FOI release

My query relates to the '40% attendance in the office' policy for core Scottish Government staff that was recently announced. It is stated this policy is to be in place from October. 1. Can you please confirm the exact date of implementation? 2. Can you confirm whether the implementation date will now be delayed due ...

FOI unclear 50 score 9 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-03
Reference: FOI/202500477661
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Aggregation of complaints by Housing Associations to Scottish Housing Regulator: FOI release

1. Could the Scottish Government please confirm or deny that this 'aggregation' of complaints (as set out above) 'is a requirement of the Scottish Government on the Scottish Housing Regulator to report ASB in this way' as is now claimed by (Redacted) housing association and their specialist FOISA legal team? 2. Could ...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence meetings s.25(1)

Published: 2025-08-29
Reference: FOI/202500476370
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Early learning and childcare funding and statistics: FOI release

1. The funding allocated to ELC funded places in Scotland in the academic years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25? 2. The academic years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, how many nursery pupils in Scotland entered into the system for each month? For example, August X number of pupils started nursery, September Y number of stu...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.17(1) s.3 s.5

Published: 2025-08-28
Reference: FOI/202500476011
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Public sector

Staffing and costs involved in coordinating work on the Independence Prospectus: FOI release

Please provide the number of staff employed within the Scottish Government’s Constitutional Futures Division who were involved in coordinating work on the independence prospectus and related activity, broken down by headcount and pay grade, at each of the following dates: 31 March 2022 31 March 2023 31 March 2024 31 M...

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

Published: 2025-08-27
Reference: FOI/202500475992
Directorate: Constitution Directorate
Topic: Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Possible purchase of the Bentley Hotel Motherwell: FOI release

Can you please advise me if the Scottish Government has purchased the Bentley Hotel Motherwell.

FOI unclear 50 score 7 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-08-21
Reference: FOI/202500477850
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Money made from selling survey data: FOI release

How much money has the Scottish Government made from selling data, i.e. survey data in each of the last five years, with a breakdown of where the money came from?

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-08-21
Reference: FOI/202500476001
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Age breakdown of Warmer Homes Scotland support: EIR release

The uptake data broken down by age categories, along with information on which eligibility criteria brought them into the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.

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

Published: 2025-08-21
Reference: EIR/202500476314
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Right to work check queries: FOI release

Home Office guidance issued in 2024 recommended that all employers conduct right to work checks on suppliers of contractors/staff. What protocols does your organisation have in place with contractors, of any service, to ensure that right to work checks have been conducted? How many contractors/staff did your organisa...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence contracts

Published: 2025-08-20
Reference: FOI/202500475939
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Volunteering days used by Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture staff: FOI release

1. How many civil service employee volunteering days are permitted to SASA staff per year? (e.g. policy is 3 days for FT staff ) [number] 2. How many civil service employee volunteering days were used across all SASA departments/directorates in the financial year of 2024-25? [number] 3. What percentage of all availab...

FOI unclear 50 score 10 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-08-20
Reference: FOI/202500477156
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Temporary agency staff spend via Procurement Scotland framework: FOI release

1. The total spend on temporary agency staff (or contingent labour) by the Scottish Government and its executive agencies via the Procurement Scotland framework, for each of the past 2 financial years (or calendar years if more appropriate). 2. A breakdown of spend by department or agency, if available. 3. The names ...

FOI unclear 80 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence meetings contracts spending s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-08-20
Reference: FOI/202500474995
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Total cost of Oracle Cloud implementation: FOI release

Please provide the total cost of Oracle Cloud implementation. To be specific this should include total programme costs, staff costs, contractor costs, from 2020 - 2025, cost of licenses, cost on third parties including systems integrator, support partner and client side partner. This should include all phases of the pr...

FOI unclear 55 score 17 working days correspondence contracts spending s.25(1) s.17

Published: 2025-08-18
Reference: FOI/202500471968
Directorate: Corporate Operations Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Rifle licenses issued in Scotland queries: FOI release

The number of rifle licenses issued in Scotland for the past five years with available data; the calibres of the rifles that were licensed in the same period; and the purpose for which each license was issued for.

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers s.15 s.25(1) s.17(1)

Published: 2025-08-18
Reference: FOI/202500474054
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Printing documents spend: FOI release

How much was spent by the Scottish Government on printing documents in the calendar years 2023 and 2024? Include the costs of purchasing paper and ink, if held, in addition to commercial printing purchases.

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

Published: 2025-08-14
Reference: FOI/202500471467
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Cost of "Ascribing sentience to fish: potential policy implications" policy paper: FOI release

What was the total cost of producing the policy paper (Ascribing sentience to fish: potential policy implications)? Please include all costs including staffing, publication and admin fees.

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-08-14
Reference: FOI/202500471348
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Scotland’s Heat Network Fund (SHNF) queries: EIR release

1. How much of the £300m has been spent, earmarked and available? 2. Are you able to comment on what will happen to unspent funds e.g. will there be another round of funding in April 2026?

FOI/EIR unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence ministers

Published: 2025-08-13
Reference: EIR/202500473953
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Public sector

Transport Scotland Act 2019 keeper liability query: FOI release

It is my understanding that keeper liability as outlined in section 8 of the Transport Scotland Act 2019 has not yet been passed and implemented as law in Scotland. Can you please confirm if this is still the case?

FOI unclear 55 score 9 working days correspondence s.8

Published: 2025-08-13
Reference: FOI/202500476004
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Local Authority digital systems and use of artificial intelligence queries: FOI release

1. Oversight of Local Authority Digital Systems and Software What formal oversight does the Scottish Government currently exercise over the software systems and platforms used by Scottish local authorities? Is there any requirement or expectation that councils maintain an up-to-date register of systems used across de...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence ministers spending s.3 2 attachments

Published: 2025-08-13
Reference: FOI/202500473823
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Guidance given to public bodies on software systems: FOI release

1. What central guidance, standards, or obligations does the Scottish Government issue to public bodies on: Maintaining up-to-date software inventories and system registers Identifying and managing AI-enabled tools Avoiding duplication or legacy bloat Ensuring training, audit, and security compliance 2. What steps ar...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence ministers

Published: 2025-08-13
Reference: FOI/202500473960
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector