Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

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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Records of financial assistance given to CIC Well-Fed Scotland: FOI release

Information on any records of financial assistance given to the CIC Well-Fed Scotland for each financial year from 2018 to year ending April 2014, including grants or loans that came directly from the Scottish Government. We have interpreted the end date included in your request to mean the year ending April 2024. Yo...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
FOI/202400424723
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Public sector

Scottish Government and Scottish Hospitals Inquiry Data Controller: FOI Review

Orginal Request 202400422860 “… if the Scottish Government and the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry are the Joint Data Controller. Can you please confirm if the Scottish Government has any agreements between the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry and itself.”

FOI unclear 50 score 11 working days correspondence meetings
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
FOI/202400426438 Review of 202400422860
Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Household Support Fund allocation: FOI release

Details on how the Scottish Government dished out their share of the UK Government's Household Support Fund.

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence ministers spending
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
FOI/202400423931
Directorate
Financial Management Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Energy Efficient Scotland Area Based Schemes budget allocation: EIR release

The latest information for FY2022-23, regarding the following. 1. The budget allocation per area/local authority for area based scheme activity in 2022/23. 2. How much of those budgets was an accrual of agreed budget from 2021/22 per local authority area. 3. The level of accrual of budget allocated for 2022/23 carri...

FOI/EIR unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.6(1)
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
EIR/202400423930
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Ownership of Intellectual Property rights in surveys by the Macaulay Institute and related bodies: EIR release

“I would also like copies of documents relating to the ownership of IP rights in surveys by the Macaulay and related bodies – either regarding their creation or transfer to the Macaulay by surveyors.” After contacting you to confirm our interpretation of your request, it was clarified that you are asking for the follo...

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence contracts s.20 s.39(2) 4 attachments
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
EIR/202400423104
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public sector

Agricultural parish areas and data on the award of Agri-Environment Climate Scheme: EIR release

Please could you provide, 1. For each agricultural parish which has overlap with the administrative area of Perth & Kinross Council, 2. Based on the definition of beneficiaries and payments used in the SGRPID 2023 data published on CAP Payments Search, Defra, UK, 3. Where any beneficiary received >£1,000 the follow...

FOI/EIR unclear 75 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending 4 attachments
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
EIR/202400423950
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural, Public sector

Costs for chairing the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry: FOI release

How much the Scottish Government, as inquiry sponsor, has supplied to the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry to pay Lord Bracadale for chairing the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry.

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence spending
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
FOI/202400424589
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Public sector

Scottish Government allocated spend to advertise on X/Twitter: FOI release

How much money the Scottish Government has paid to advertise on X/Twitter since 1 November 2022, when this money was paid and what was it advertising.

FOI unclear 50 score 10 working days correspondence spending
Published
2024-09-24
Reference
FOI/202400426418
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Economy, Public sector

Information pertaining to Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013: EIR Appeal

Original request 202100226158 1) Correspondence sent and received, between the Scottish Government and representatives of HM the Queen, including the Queen's legal representatives and the Crown regarding the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013, including but not exclusively on whether any of its clauses requ...

FOI/EIR unclear 75 score 31 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-23
Reference
EIR/202100226158 - Appeal
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Unconscious bias training statistics: FOI release

1. The total spending by your organisation on unconscious bias training for your staff in the financial year 2022/23. 2. The number of your staff that undertook unconscious bias training in the financial year 2022/23.

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence spending
Published
2024-09-23
Reference
FOI/202400401036
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Diebidale River registered as a stocked fishery: EIR release

Please advise if the Diebidale River (or any part thereof) has been officially registered as a stocked fishery. Please supply a copy of the registration form.

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 4 working days correspondence s.20 4 attachments
Published
2024-09-23
Reference
EIR/202400425384
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Provision of Temporary Admin, Catering and Manual Staff: FOI release

[1] Overall total spend for each public body between 01 January 2024 – 30 June 2024 and to which agency (including agencies who are now no longer on the framework) for both Frameworks (Generation 3 & 4)? [2] Total spend data each public body split into Assignment Title for between 01 January 2024 – 30 June 2024 and to...

FOI unclear 75 score 13 working days correspondence spending 4 attachments
Published
2024-09-23
Reference
FOI/202400423898
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Ministerial decisions taken by Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice: FOI release

“Further to 202400410545, would you please send comparable figures for Shirley Anne Somerville. For ease, you can send from 1 April 2023 - 31 April 2024, so 13 months.” For reference, in FOI 202400410545 which you are referring to, you asked: “Would you please provide the number of decisions recorded on eRDM for the ...

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence ministers 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-19
Reference
FOI/202400421326
Directorate
Cladding Remediation Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Paper on Joint Programme Monitoring Committee (JPMC): FOI Review

Original request - 202400419150 The minutes of the May 2016 meeting of the Joint Programme Monitoring Committee (JPMC) are available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/jpmc-minutes-may-2016/ They include the following remark: “A paper was presented to the Committee on risks and issues with the 2014-2020 progra...

FOI unclear 75 score 15 working days correspondence meetings 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-19
Reference
FOI/202400422465 review of 202400419150
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Public sector

Minutes from European Structural and Investment Funding Meetings: FOI release

This is a follow up request to a previous FOI response. Your ref: 202400416947. For each of the meetings listed in the above referenced response, please provide the minutes of the meeting.

FOI unclear 75 score 15 working days correspondence meetings 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-19
Reference
FOI/202400422468
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Topic
Economy, International, Public sector

Funding provided by the Scottish Government to Price Waterhouse Coopers: FOI release

How much money has the Scottish Government given to PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the last five years, with a breakdown per year and what the money was for, i.e., for it to act as commercial adviser to Prestwick Airport?

FOI unclear 75 score 19 working days correspondence contracts spending 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-19
Reference
FOI/202400424210
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Employee grievance and discipline policies and procedures: FOI Release

1. How does the Scottish government know how many formal grievances were raised over a particular period of time? Does Scottish government collate details (metadata like subject, date raised, etc) of fformal grievances together in a central file, document or system that can be used to enable later reporting? Alternativ...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence s.3 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-19
Reference
FOI/202400423427
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Numbers of homes approved and completed under National Acquisition Programme: FOI release

Information on the numbers of homes approved and completed in 2023-24 under the government’s national acquisition programme. The information requested is further detail for each local authority area in Scotland to the information supplied in response to Scottish Parliamentary Questions S6W-26978, and S6W-27110 by Mark ...

FOI unclear 75 score 16 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-19
Reference
FOI/202400424101
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Correspondence relating to Celtic FC: FOI release

Any WhatsApp messages or text messages and conversations sent or received by any government minister which include the word 'Celtic', 'Celtic FC', or conversations relating to Celtic FC, during the months of November 2020, December 2020 and January 2021.

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence ministers whatsapp 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-18
Reference
FOI/202400409508
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Arts, culture and sport, Public sector

Vessel monitoring system (VMS) data for specific vessels: EIR release

“I am writing to request information under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs). I am seeking VMS data for vessels within the specified coordinates during the period from 01st March 2024 23:00 to 04th March 2024 01:00: P1: 59.9° N, -2.6° W P2: 59.9° N, -0.4° W P3: 58.4° N, -2.6° W P4: 58.4°...

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence s.20 s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-18
Reference
EIR/202400410186
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Stonewall Scotland funding: FOI release

1. What payments, if any, you made to Stonewall (officially Stonewall Equality Limited) in the financial year 2022/23. 2. What payments, if any, you made to Stonewall (officially Stonewall Equality Limited) in the financial year 2023/24. 3. What payments, if any, you expect to make to Stonewall (officially Stonewall ...

FOI unclear 80 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-18
Reference
FOI/202400410252
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Events held by the Scottish Government international office in Dublin: FOI release

The number of events held by the Scottish Government international office in Dublin since its creation. A breakdown of the cost of each of these events, including food, drink and entertainment.

FOI unclear 80 score 15 working days correspondence spending s.17 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-18
Reference
FOI/202400412076
Directorate
Topic
International, Public sector

Debt Payment Programme, Debt Arrangement Scheme and Sequestrates statistics: FOI Review

Original Request 202400411417 The number of people assisted to enter a Debt Payment Programmes under the Debt Arrangement Scheme by money advice agency (including insolvency practitioner firm). The number of certificates of sequestrates signed by agency. The number of Trust Deeds registered for protection by Insolvenc...

FOI unclear 75 score 20 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-18
Reference
FOI/202400412666 Review of 202400411417
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector