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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Correspondence related to small-scale hydro power and the Subsidy Control Act: EIR release

1. Copies of all correspondence between ministers, government officials and non-domestic rates assessors related to small-scale hydro power and the Subsidy Control Act. 2. All correspondence with the Department for Business and Trade relating to the Subsidy Control Act and how it is applied or otherwise to small-scale...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.3 s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(4) s.6(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-09-24
Reference
FOI/202500469533
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Former Minister for Housing correspondence regarding Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC): EIR release

1/ All correspondence received by or communicated from the Minister Paul McLennan between February 1 2020 and May 6 2025 relating to RAAC. This includes all forms of communication available, not limited to but including, email, text messages, whatsapp or conventional mail. To note, the timeframe for this request was l...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 46 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings whatsapp s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-08-06
Reference
EIR/202500464892
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) costs and correspondence: EIR release

1. How much money has the Scottish Government spent on fixing Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in the last three years, with a breakdown of what the money was spent on? and; 2. Could you supply all correspondence held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including intern...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 40 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-03-27
Reference
EIR/202500447631
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Springfield Group housing development correspondence: EIR release

Any correspondence, notes or minutes, including any attachments, relating to the opening of the Springfield Group housing development at Ferrylea in Forres on 29 August; and Any correspondence, including any attachments, regarding the Springfield Group properly developers from April to October 2024.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 18 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings contracts s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-03-18
Reference
EIR/202500451593
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Risk assessments, building standards and safety measures for properties with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) construction: EIR release

Information in respect of, variously: Risk Assessments and Safety Measures Blast Resistance Testing for RAAC Impact of Quarry Blasts and Historical Mining, Development Standards and Historical Context, and Additional Relevant Information

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.19 s.10 s.50 s.94 s.45 s.21 s.65 s.51 s.29 s.1
Published
2025-02-21
Reference
EIR/202500449626
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Plans to build on Bannockburn battlefield documentation: EIR release

All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent/received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings about plans to build on Bannockburn battlefield, between July 1 2024 and the date of this FOI (3 December 2024). You also confirmed on 12 December 2024 that you did not ...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-22
Reference
EIR/202400443404
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Housing, Public sector

Aberdeen City Council correspondence regarding Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC): EIR release

Copies of all emails sent by Aberdeen City Council staff to your own staff, and of all emails sent by your own staff to Aberdeen City Council in which raac is mentioned - sent/received between August 1, 2024, and the present day. For clarity, I am not interested in incidental mentions. I am interested in conversations...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) s.10(5) s.10 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-21
Reference
EIR/202400442064
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Castle Venlaw Hotel planning permission materials: EIR release

All correspondence, findings and recommendations regarding planning permission for Castle Venlaw Hotel at the above postcode(EH45 8RD) to be converted into apartments (and subsequently referred to as Venlaw Castle).

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 10 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-21
Reference
EIR/202400443260
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Public sector

Planning and the housing emergency: delivery plan details: EIR release

I refer to the just published Planning and the housing emergency: delivery plan which states that since 2014 on average there have been c. 10,000pa fewer houses completed (19,160) than were given planning permission (29,000). In addition, there appears to have been a gap prior to 2014, since you state that the total nu...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.10(4)
Published
2025-01-20
Reference
EIR/202400440918
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Coodham Estate planning permission information: EIR release

1. Notification of Construction Project Forms and the CDM (Construction Design Management) files, containing the preconstruction information, the construction phase plan and the health and safety file and any relevant notifications, that were submitted to the Scottish Ministers, according to section 7 of the Constructi...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 8 working days correspondence ministers briefings spending s.7 s.19 s.24 s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.57
Published
2024-09-04
Reference
EIR/202400421049
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Public sector

The new national planning framework: EIR release

Information relating to the meaning of the phrase “smaller scale opportunities” in Policy 16 in National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), and copies of decisions made by the DPEA which made reference to this phrase, since 1 February 2023.

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 18 working days correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.6(1) 4 attachments
Published
2024-09-03
Reference
FOI/202400401886
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in Aberdeen: EIR release

Copies of all emails sent to and from Scottish Government housing staff between February 25 and April 1 which mention Aberdeen and the term RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete).

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 42 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(4) s.10(5) s.10 2 attachments
Published
2024-09-02
Reference
EIR/202400407162
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Archive report query for CIN/ABS/001 (Golf Course And Resort Development): EIR release

I’d like to check if the inquiry documents have been retained for the following case reference: CIN/ABS/001. If so, can I ask how it would be possible to view some of them? I checked at the NLS and they appear to only have the final report, not the documents / submissions outlined in appendix four.

FOI/EIR cost limit 70 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence briefings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300377698
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Public sector

House fund and New Deal for Business Group: EIR release

1. Out of the £60m fund to acquire empty and private sector homes announced by Humza Yousaf in July, how much of this money has been utilised or drawn out already, and breakdown of where it has gone; 2. For all correspondence received and sent by the Scottish Government, and any briefings prepared for Ministers, regar...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 20 working days correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.11(2) s.25(1) s.34(1) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
FOI/202300383018
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Response to Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in June 2022: EIR release

On the 18th June 2022, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent a Scottish Government official an email with the subject Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). In this email, the official was asked if work was being done by Building Safety Division (BSD) to identify RAAC in buildings in Scotland. Please provid...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(5) s.10(4) 8 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300384757
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Council tax and Cabinet meetings: EIR release

1. How many cabinet meetings have been held this year? And how many have been attended by the following: Dorothy Bain, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater? 2. All correspondence sent and received by the Scottish Government, including internal correspondence, plus all briefings prepared for ministers regarding the UK Gover...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.11(2) s.10(4) s.34(1) s.25(1) s.17(1) s.38(1) s.30 s.27(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-08-15
Reference
EIR/202300385194
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Digital Planning: EIR release

1. How much the collective budget for the overall digital planning project has been since its inception (i.e. formation of Digital Planning team) to date, broken down by financial year? 2. For each financial year, how much of the budget was spent on salaried employees vs external contractors? 3. Of the project delive...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 19 working days correspondence briefings contracts spending s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4)
Published
2024-04-26
Reference
FOI/202400393500
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Housing Development and Planning Policy: FOI release

1. A breakdown of all current housing development projects approved by your office within the last two years, including their locations, sizes, and intended purposes. 2. Copies of any correspondence, reports, or memos exchanged between your office and private developers or housing associations regarding potential deve...

FOI/EIR clarification 80 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.2 s.20 s.39(2) s.38(1) s.25(1) s.10(4) s.6(1) 2 attachments
Published
2024-04-11
Reference
FOI/202400399227
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector

Application of building regulations to domestic extensions: EIR release

Information on the application of building regulations to domestic extensions and the recent change to published guidance and 'removal of the ability to use improvements to an existing house to compensate for areas of glazing in an extension which are more than 25% of the floor area'. You raised ten specific questions ...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 14 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.6(1) s.3 s.10(4) s.5 8 attachments
Published
2024-03-14
Reference
202300346259
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Cladding Stakeholder Group information: EIR review

Documents relating to the Cladding Stakeholder Group (formed in June 2021 all monthly agendas and minutes, since the Group was formed the full membership list of the Group, including any historical membership lists where members have left/joined the terms of reference for the group any documents produced by the Scotti...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 58 working days over deadline correspondence meetings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) s.11(2) s.34(1) s.10(5) 4 attachments
Published
2024-02-01
Reference
EIR/202200320481 Review of FOI/202200313906
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Single Building Assessment for Lancefield Quay: EIR review

Disclose information relating to the Single Building Assessment report for Lancefield Quay in Glasgow and, the correspondence between the contractor and government about the preparation of the report.

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 16 working days correspondence contracts s.10(4) s.10(5)
Published
2024-01-23
Reference
EIR/202300347383 Review of 202300342229
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Bellwin Scheme applications: EIR release

1. How many (a) notes of interest regarding a potential claim and (b) applications has the Scottish Government received to the Bellwin Scheme in each year since 2011? Please provide a breakdown of these by (a) local authority, (b) the reason for the application, (c) how much was requested, (d) if applicable, how much d...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.20 s.39(2) s.1 s.10(4)
Published
2024-01-23
Reference
FOI/202300384051
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Preparation of briefing to Cabinet Secretary regarding cladding issues: EIR review

the briefing to the Cabinet Secretary in support of the statement internal correspondence relating to the preparation and follow-up for the statement internal correspondence relating to the preparation of the supporting press release, Working together to fix cladding issues, Published 12 May 2022 https://www.gov.scot/n...

FOI/EIR partially withheld 90 score 240 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.39(2) s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2024-01-19
Reference
EIR/202300347542 Review of 202300341516
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Building and fire safety working group: EIR review

Provide the update SG Officials provided on the Single Building Assessment (SBA), including any notes, briefings and slides circulated or prepare. Detail the make-up of the buildings included in the pilot phase which illustrates the "range of different building sizes and issues to ensure the SBA process is robust". Pro...

FOI/EIR not held 70 score 7 working days correspondence ministers briefings contracts s.10(4) 2 attachments
Published
2024-01-18
Reference
EIR/202200308093 Review of 202200293106
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Money received from wind farms in rent and non domestic rates: EIR release

How much money the Scottish Government received in the 2022/23 tax year: in rent from wind farms and single turbines on publicly owned land; in non domestic rates from wind farms and single turbines on publicly owned land; in non domestic rates from all local authority areas which they had billed for and collected on ...

FOI/EIR not held 45 score 32 working days over deadline correspondence ministers s.2 s.10(4)
Published
2024-01-15
Reference
FOI/202300379829
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Public sector