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

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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

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Scottish Government's Trans and Non-Binary Inclusion Policy: FOI release

1. A copy of the latest version of the Scottish Government's Trans And Non-Binary Inclusion Policy. Please also include any other versions that have been issued in the last three years. If the policy's name has changed, or if its subjects are now dealt with under another policy, then please provide copies of the relev...

FOI already published 80 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.25(1) s.17(1) 2 attachments
Published
2026-02-25
Reference
FOI/202500497199
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Scottish Government staff suspended with pay statistics: FOI release

1. The number of civil servants who are currently suspended with pay. 2. In the past three years, the number of civil servants who have been suspended with pay. 3. The average length that civil servants have been suspended with pay in the last three years. 4. The longest period of time for which a civil servant was ...

FOI already published 80 score 19 working days correspondence spending s.4 s.5 s.6 s.25 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-09-25
Reference
FOI/202500471341
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Employment contract and pay scales request: FOI release

Could I please request you send me a blank template of your employment contract as well as your pay scales.

FOI already published 80 score 8 working days correspondence contracts s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-04-10
Reference
FOI/202500456069
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Scottish Government employment policies: FOI release

Copies of the following: Annual leave policy Maternity leave policy Travel, subsistence and expenses policy (including limits for accommodation and subsistence) Pay policy Working outside UK / International remote working policy.

FOI already published 80 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.25(1) s.30 s.38(1) s.34(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-02-20
Reference
FOI/202500448493
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Scottish Government high earner salary data: FOI release

1. By financial year, from 2015-16, total number of Scottish Government employees with a nominal salary of £100,000 or higher in prices as of those financial years. 2. By financial year, from 2015-16, total number of Scottish Government employees whose salary is £100,000 or higher in 2024-25 prices adjusted by the GDP...

FOI already published 80 score 23 working days over deadline correspondence s.2 s.25(1) 2 attachments
Published
2025-01-27
Reference
FOI/202400444463
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Scottish Government employee information: FOI release

An account of the extent and function of the Scottish Government’s ‘no involuntary redundancy’ policy. Please include information on how this policy works and is enforced, what bodies it extends to and how, when and why it started, and why it is maintained. A list of the means by which, if at all, the Scottish Governme...

FOI already published 80 score 18 working days correspondence ministers spending s.25(1) s.6(1) s.17(1) 6 attachments
Published
2025-01-20
Reference
FOI/202400442201
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Civil servant wages: FOI release

1. How much is the Scottish Government spending on wages of civil servants now, and in each of the following years: 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022? Breakdown of these costs and how many there are employed? 2. How much is the Scottish Government spending on special advisers and press officers now, including how many of each...

FOI already published 55 score 24 working days over deadline correspondence ministers special advisers meetings spending s.25(1) s.27(1) s.17(1) s.12 s.30
Published
2024-04-18
Reference
FOI/202300389550
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector