Scottish Government FOI Index

21,086releases indexed

37,530attachments found

29.7avg calendar days

7,800partially withheld

2017-11-20oldest in sample

2026-05-15newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 7,800 unclear 6,974 not held 2,952 released 1,470 already published 655 cost limit 585 clarification 342 withheld 234 transferred 74

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 4768 s.20 4130 s.34(1) 3567 s.39(2) 3342 s.30 2788 s.17(1) 2664 s.25(1) 2324 s.10(4) 1920 s.11(2) 1518 s.29(1) 1133 s.2 1128 s.3 891

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 1,210 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 933 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 895 releases · 31.1 avg days Learning Directorate 821 releases · 34.4 avg days Economic Development Directorate 683 releases · 40.0 avg days Constitution Directorate 652 releases · 36.1 avg days Population Health Directorate 637 releases · 28.7 avg days People Directorate 610 releases · 25.8 avg days

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391 matching releases

Teacher Remedy Statements: FOI release

1) Please send me the number of teachers waiting for remedy statements as of July 31, 2025. 2) Please send me the number of teachers waiting for the resolution of revoked, early retirement buyout reduction, ERRBO, payments.

FOI unclear 55 score 32 working days over deadline correspondence contracts spending s.2

Published: 2025-11-11
Reference: FOI/202500479095
Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Education Scotland procurement of cyber security services and enterprise software platforms: FOI release

I am conducting a research project into how public sector organisations procure cyber security services and enterprise software platforms. As part of this, I would be grateful if you could provide the most recent contract information you hold for the following areas: 1. Standard Firewall (Network) Firewall services t...

FOI unclear 80 score 16 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 s.3 s.40 s.43 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-11
Reference: FOI/202500474771
Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Scottish Government access to birth certificate data via ScotlandsPeople: FOI release

Information related to the Scottish Government's access to birth certificate serial numbers via ScotlandsPeople or other channels.

FOI unclear 55 score 3 working days correspondence ministers s.2 s.4 s.6

Published: 2025-11-06
Reference: FOI/202500481606
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Stromar Offshore Wind Farm project queries: EIR release

Further to my earlier reply today (6 August 2025) regarding your consolidated response to my correspondence on the Stromar Offshore Wind Farm, I am submitting this supplementary response to ensure clarity and completeness. As noted, your consolidated reply referenced five emails I sent over the course of 2–4 August. I...

FOI/EIR unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.20 s.36 s.2 s.3 s.6 s.5 s.12 s.4

Published: 2025-11-06
Reference: EIR/202500479659
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations and register: EIR release

1. Copies of all the guidance, template documents, checklists and any other documents used by RPID to make screening opinions under the 2017 EIA Regulations. 2. All information held in respect of the referencing system which is used to allocate reference numbers to entries on RPID’s public EIA register.

FOI/EIR unclear 80 score 19 working days correspondence ministers briefings s.2 s.21 s.1 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500478305
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector

Charge Place Scotland terminals in Shetland: FOI release

How many ChargePlaceScotland terminals are there in Shetland? How much money has been spent charging cars at these Shetland terminals since they were installed? (I’d like this information given by month). How many times has an overstay fee been implemented on Shetland drivers who have exceeded the one hour time limit a...

FOI unclear 80 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.20 s.2 s.25 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: 202500478240
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Education Scotland inclusion, equality and diversity guidance: FOI Review

Orginal Request: 202500471940 1. Has Education Scotland revised any of its published or internal guidance documents for schools, educators, or education authorities in response to the UK Supreme Court judgment of 16 April 2025, which confirmed that the term “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex? 2. ...

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence meetings s.17(1) s.36(1) s.2

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500477857 Review of 202500471940
Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Job Families and Job Types within the Scottish Government: FOI release

Further information about the Job Families and Job Types associated with the 21 professions in the Scottish Government.

FOI unclear 80 score 13 working days correspondence s.2 2 attachments

Published: 2025-11-05
Reference: FOI/202500479236
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Estates or large land holdings approached by Forestry and Land Scotland to purchase: FOI release

1. Between 2021 and 2023, what estates or large land holdings – other than Glen Prosen – did Forestry and Land Scotland/Scottish Ministers approach to purchase? 2. What was the value of each of those estates? 3. What was the strategic importance of those estates, and why were they not chosen?

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-11-04
Reference: FOI/202500478874
Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Public sector

Software used to manage Science & Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) social media accounts: FOI release

“Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, please provide: 1. Details of any software/platforms currently used to manage your organisation’s social media accounts. 2. The annual cost of these tools. 3. The contract expiry date(s) for these tools. 4. Details of any software/platforms used for social list...

FOI unclear 55 score 3 working days correspondence contracts spending s.2 s.3 s.4 s.6 s.7

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500480693
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Rent Officer training and valuation guidance from Rent Service Scotland: FOI release

Please provide all internal training materials, guidance documents, or policy manuals currently used by Rent Service Scotland in the training of Rent Officers regarding the assessment of open market rent. Specifically, I am requesting any documentation regarding the use of comparables, condition-based adjustments, and ...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers s.32 s.34 s.2

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500478187
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Rent assessments conducted by Rent Officers: FOI release

Please provide any internal policy, guidance, or statistical data regarding the use of Let Agreed versus advertised only properties in rent assessments conducted by Rent Officers. Additionally, please provide the percentage of rent determinations made in the past 24 months that relied on one or more properties not conf...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence s.17(1) s.34 s.2

Published: 2025-11-03
Reference: FOI/202500478188
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector

Clyde and Hebrides and Northern Isles ferry service data: FOI release

You asked for "Please can I request the following information: 1. Across the last five years, how many instances have there been where Clyde and Hebrides ferry service have operated on a reduced service? 2. Across the last five years, how many how many Clyde and Hebrides ferries have been cancelled? 3. Across the la...

FOI unclear 55 score 26 working days over deadline correspondence contracts s.2 s.4

Published: 2025-10-23
Reference: FOI/202500475387
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Scottish Government bonds: FOI release

1. How many civil servants are involved in progressing the initiative? 2. How many government ministers are involved, and who are they? 3. What decisions have been taken thus far? 4. When the first bonds are due to be issued? 5. Whether or not the UK Government has been consulted and if so, how and when? 6. The re...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-10-20
Reference: FOI/202500476091
Directorate: Exchequer Strategy Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Subscriptions to paid Artificial Intelligence (AI) services: FOI release

1. Whether any Scottish Government departments or agencies (or Scottish Parliament, if sending to them) currently hold or have previously held subscriptions to paid AI services, including but not limited to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, or comparable generative AI platforms. 2. If such ...

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

Published: 2025-10-13
Reference: FOI/202500472238
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Public sector

Display Screens in Scottish Government Offices: FOI release

1. The total number of TVs, monitors, and public-facing screens (e.g., in lobbies, breakout areas, conference rooms, or staff cafés) across all Scottish Government properties. 2. A breakdown of these devices by: Building/location Screen type (e.g. Smart TV, digital signage, standard monitor) Whether each device is in...

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

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500470481
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) police officer statistics: FOI release

Can you please provide information in respect of police officers who are in immediate detriment due to pension changes and waiting on production of their Remediable Service Statements: 1) Number of retired officers making scheme pays who retired prior to October 2023 and eligible for pension remedy due to being moved ...

FOI unclear 55 score 12 working days correspondence ministers s.2

Published: 2025-09-25
Reference: FOI/202500473191
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Scottish Public Pensions Agency 2024 Police Pay award: FOI release

1. Are any of your staff working on the 2024 pay award backlog? Have any of them being doing so i.e. is or have any of them been working through, recalculating and arranging for payment of monies owed to officers in a similar situation to me? 2. Have members of other schemes administered by the SPPA also been affected...

FOI unclear 55 score 11 working days correspondence ministers spending s.2

Published: 2025-09-24
Reference: FOI/202500472697
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Costs for protecting Scotland’s democracy meeting: FOI release

1. All documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), briefings, minutes/notes from meetings and analysis, about the upcoming Contribution to international development report, from the last three months. 2. The full costs, plus a breakdown of them, of th...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence briefings meetings spending s.2 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500464002
Directorate: Culture and External Affairs Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

In-house lawyers employed by the Scottish Government: FOI release

For each year from 2015 until the present year, 2025, please may you tell me: 1. How many in-house lawyers the Scottish Government employs. 2. For each year please tell me the overall salary costs. 3. For each year please provide me with a breakdown of salary bandings ie C3 – 2 people, C1 – 4 people.

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.2 s.3 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500462521
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Student Awards Agency Scotland organisational spend: FOI release

Please provide the following information for each financial year from 2021–22 to 2025–26 (to date) and please breakdown the information by each year: 1. The cost of overtime paid to employees. 2. The cost of agency and temporary staff. 3. The cost to recruitment agencies. 4. The cost of all spending on external con...

FOI unclear 80 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.2 s.4 s.5 s.7 s.8 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500476678
Directorate
Topic: Education, Money and tax, 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

Special Advisers and ChatGPT documentation: FOI release

Any recorded transcripts, logs, outputs, or other documentation of interactions between Scottish Government Special Advisers and ChatGPT or any other large language model (LLM) from January 1, 2025, to June 18, 2025. This includes any saved chats, screenshots, exported files, or other relevant records held by the Scot...

FOI unclear 80 score 18 working days correspondence ministers special advisers s.2 s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-08-06
Reference: FOI/202500471620
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Lighting columns on the Transport Scotland road network information: FOI release

Information concerning lighting columns on the Transport Scotland road network. For ease of response I have repeated your questions below.

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence contracts s.1 s.2

Published: 2025-08-04
Reference: FOI/202500468868
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

Minister for Public Health and Women's Health's diary engagements: FOI release

1. A copy of the diary for the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Jenni Minto MSP, for Monday 28th April 2025, including but not limited to all meetings, engagements and any other commitments. 2. How much time Ms Minto spent at 'Holyrood Dog of the Year 2025' on Monday 28th April 2025, including travel tim...

FOI unclear 55 score 6 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.2 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-07-17
Reference: FOI/202500463649
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector