Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

11,099releases indexed
19,072attachments found
28.7avg calendar days
4,403partially withheld
2023-10-02oldest in sample
2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 4,403 unclear 3,109 not held 1,663 released 816 already published 409 cost limit 376 clarification 166 withheld 123 transferred 34

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 2824 s.20 2437 s.34(1) 2118 s.39(2) 1920 s.30 1721 s.17(1) 1465 s.25(1) 1326 s.10(4) 1159 s.11(2) 933 s.29(1) 703 s.2 586 s.6(1) 478

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 743 releases · 28.1 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 632 releases · 29.1 avg days Local Government and Housing Directorate 437 releases · 29.3 avg days Marine Directorate 406 releases · 26.4 avg days Population Health Directorate 404 releases · 25.8 avg days Environment and Forestry Directorate 354 releases · 34.0 avg days Economic Development Directorate 334 releases · 41.5 avg days People Directorate 332 releases · 23.9 avg days
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Scottish Trans documentation: FOI release

1. Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefing, analysis, to/from or mentions Scottish Trans from last month? 2. Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including c...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.25(1) s.29(1) s.38(1) s.30 s.12 s.20 4 attachments
Published
2026-04-27
Reference
FOI/202600507518
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Scottish Catholic Church communications regarding the COVID pandemic: FOI Review

Original request 202500493077 All information and communications generated, received, sent and retained about the COVID Pandemic and/or the elderly, disabled and NHS Nursing personal between the Scottish Government and Scottish Catholic Church regarding the dates of 1/1/2020 all the way through to the date of 1/1/2023...

FOI cost limit 70 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-03-02
Reference
FOI/202500497845 Review of 202500493077
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Health and social care, Public sector

Scottish Government spend on the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: FOI release

1. Could you supply how much money the Scottish Government has spent on its New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy, and its predecessors, in each of the last five years, with a breakdown of costs per year and what the money was spent on? 2. Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including ...

FOI cost limit 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence briefings meetings contracts spending s.25(1) s.12
Published
2026-02-11
Reference
FOI/202500493316
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Minutes from meetings regarding transgender policies: FOI release

1. Could you supply all meetings about transgender policies held/attended by Kaukab Stewart and minutes/notes from these from the last three months? 2. Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received, including internal, minutes/notes from meetings, briefi...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence briefings meetings spending s.38(1) s.12 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-10
Reference
FOI/202500493459
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Equality and Human Rights Fund information: FOI release

How much money has the Scottish Government provided to the following groups since 2015? Scottish Trans LGBT Health and Wellbeing Equality Network LEAP Sports Mermaids Stonewall Engender Cabaret Against the Hate Speech LGBT Youth Scotland For Women Scotland LGB Alliance Sex Matters Please can you itemise the spend for...

FOI cost limit 65 score 31 working days over deadline correspondence spending 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-10
Reference
FOI/202500490845
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Asylum seekers living in hotels in Scotland: FOI release

Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received to/from Scottish councils, minutes/notes from meetings, briefings and analysis, about Asylum Seekers living in hotels in Scotland, from the last month? We then requested clarification from you on 2 October 20...

FOI cost limit 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.28 s.30 s.25(1)
Published
2026-01-15
Reference
FOI/202500487036
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
International, Public sector

Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender documentation: FOI release

1. How much money has the Scottish Government spent on Pronoun Day in the each of the last five years, with a breakdown of costs? 2. Could you supply all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, abo...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence briefings meetings spending s.25(1) s.12 2 attachments
Published
2025-12-08
Reference
FOI/202500482153
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Scottish Government's funding of Equate Scotland: FOI release

Copies of all information, including but not limited to correspondence, notes of telephone calls and emails held by the Scottish Government related to the areas below: funding supplied to Equate Scotland for the last three years from the Scottish Government the remit of the work Equate Scotland is to undertake in exch...

FOI cost limit 70 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.30 s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-09-16
Reference
FOI/202500462687
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Short Life Working Group queries: FOI release

1. How long does the Scottish Government expect the Short Life Working Group relating to the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers judgement to be in operation for? 2. Can you confirm how many civil servants are involved in the working group? 3. What action has this group so far taken? 4. Any correspondenc...

FOI cost limit 45 score 14 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.17(1) s.12
Published
2025-08-18
Reference
FOI/202500475508
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Legal advice and cost of case against For Women Scotland Ltd: FOI release

- How much has it cost the Scottish Government in total to defend this legal case at the UK Supreme Court? - Please provide/publish the legal advice relating to this case given to the Scottish Government.

FOI cost limit 45 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence ministers spending s.12
Published
2025-01-21
Reference
FOI/202400443019
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Human Rights Bill costs breakdown and timescales: FOI release

(1) In terms of a Human Rights Bill for Scotland, when does the Scottish Government anticipate this could be introduced? (2) So far, how much has the Scottish Government spent on the Human Rights Bill? (if possible, can you break that cost down). (3) Can you explain the reason for this Bill’s delay? (4) Can you shar...

FOI cost limit 70 score 15 working days correspondence ministers meetings spending s.2 s.12 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-09
Reference
FOI/202400439309
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Positive masculinity correspondence: FOI release

Could you supply all briefing notes and minutes from meetings held by the Scottish Government, about positive masculinity, from between February 1 2024 until the date of this FOI. Could this include any correspondence sent and received by the government about this issue, not including internal correspondence?

FOI cost limit 65 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-12
Reference
FOI/202400418894
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) information: FOI release

1. How much money has been spent on the Scottish Government looking into the reform of the public sector equality duty over the last ten years, with a breakdown of each year and what the money has been spent on? 2. How many consultations has the government published about this topic and similar policies on reform of t...

FOI cost limit 70 score 11 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.17(1) s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.30 s.36(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300387210
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Information pertaining to the Equally Safe Scotland strategy: FOI review

1. Up to date membership of the Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board. 2. Any public consultation papers, responses, and analysis of responses related to/informing the creation of the Equally Safe Scotland strategy in 2014. (By public, I mean consultation of the public, as opposed to published). 3. Could you please conf...

FOI cost limit 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings spending s.6 s.2 s.38(1) s.12 s.20 18 attachments
Published
2024-02-07
Reference
202200303580
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Briefings prepared for pressures faced in Edinburgh/Glasgow and temporary/longer accommodation for Ukraine refugees: FOI review

A copy of all briefings prepare for the (a) First Minister, (b) Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, Culture and External Affairs and (c) Minister for special responsibility for refugees from Ukraine on the pressures faced in Edinburgh and/or Glasgow between March 2022 and September 2022. A copy of any options appraisal...

FOI cost limit 45 score 9 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.30 s.12(1) s.4
Published
2024-01-31
Reference
FOI/202200328537 Review of 202200323399
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Correspondence between Nicola Sturgeon and Zero Tolerance: FOI release

Question 1. All correspondence (including Whatsapp, emails, texts) between Nicola Sturgeon, her office, her special advisers, civil servants and the Zero Tolerance charity over the past year, including about her invite to their anniversary event. Question 2: Who invited Nicola Sturgeon to speak at their anniversary ...

FOI cost limit 70 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers special advisers spending whatsapp s.12 s.38(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-01-31
Reference
202200332895
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Banning conversion therapy: FOI release

Request 34 - How much money has been spent on the Scottish Government looking into banning conversion therapy over the last ten years, with a breakdown of each year and what the money has been spent on? Request 35 - How many consultations has the government published about this topic and similar policies on banning con...

FOI cost limit 45 score 16 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.12
Published
2024-01-30
Reference
FOI/202300387212
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

MS Victoria contracts and plans: FOI release

1. Please provide all correspondence within SG officials, ministers, Edinburgh City Council and all other agencies regarding the procurement, launch and operation of the above vessel. 2. Please provide all frameworks, plans and all other documentation for regulation, inspection and safeguarding of the ship and people ...

FOI cost limit 70 score 60 working days over deadline correspondence ministers contracts spending s.12 s.38(1) s.34(1) s.33(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-01-09
Reference
202200315064
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Public sector