Freedom of Information (Scotland) Statistics
This is a dashboard cross-referencing Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner statistics with WhatDoTheyKnow FOI requests.
The OSIC releases quarterly statistics of the number of FOI requests received - and how they were processed - by a variety of public authorities covered by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
The data is submitted directly to the portal by public authorities and is not verified. It shows 'actual activity' in the time period, so decisions early in 2019 may refer to requests made in 2018. For the purpose of year by year analysis, these are presented as related values but this is not strictly the case.
When multiple authorities are covered by a single entry in the OSIC data, their WhatDoTheyKnow counts are combined.
There may be reports made on WhatDoTheyKnow to s5. designated bodies not covered if these did not report their statistics. In other cases, there are some 'impossible' results (where 300% of requests are made through WhatDoTheyKnow), showing how different timescales or reporting standards make comparisons of very small numbers of reports difficult.
Statistics are available for: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and all time.
You can also see statistics for requests made to all authorities.
Statistics by sectors
- Educational Institutions
- Local Government
- Ministers/Parliament
- National Health Service
- Non Ministerial Officeholders
- Others e.g. NDPBs
- Police
- s.5 designated body
Statistics by authority
Educational Institutions
- Argyll College
- Ayrshire College
- Borders College
- City of Glasgow College
- Dumfries and Galloway College
- Dundee and Angus College
- Edinburgh College
- Edinburgh Napier University
- Fife College
- Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Glasgow Clyde College
- Glasgow Kelvin College
- Heriot-Watt University
- Inverness College
- Lews Castle College
- Moray College
- New College Lanarkshire
- Newbattle Abbey College
- North East Scotland College
- North Highland College
- Perth College
- Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
- Regional Board for Glasgow Colleges
- Robert Gordon University
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- SRUC
- Sabhal Mor Ostaig
- South Lanarkshire College
- The Glasgow School of Art
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Abertay Dundee
- University of Dundee
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Glasgow
- University of St Andrews
- University of Stirling
- University of Strathclyde
- University of the Highlands and Islands
- University of the West of Scotland
- West College Scotland
- West Highland College UHI
- West Lothian College
Local Government
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeen City Licensing Board
- Aberdeenshire Council and Licensing Board
- Angus Council
- Angus Licensing Board
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Argyll and Bute Licensing Board
- Assessor & Electoral Registration Officer for Dumfries and Galloway
- Assessor for Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board
- Assessor for Central Scotland Valuation Joint Board and Central Valuation Joint Board
- Assessor for Fife Council
- Assessor for Grampian Valuation Joint Board & Grampian Valuation Joint Board
- Assessor for Highland and Western Isles Valuation Joint Board
- Assessor for Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board
- Assessor for Lothian Valuation Joint Board and the Lothian Valuation Joint Board
- Assessor for Scottish Borders Council
- Assessor for Tayside Valuation Joint Board
- Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board
- City of Edinburgh Council
- City of Edinburgh Licensing Board
- City of Glasgow Licensing Board
- Clackmannanshire Council and Licensing Board
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dumfries and Galloway Licensing Board
- Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute Valuation Joint Board and Assessor Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute Valuation Joint Board
- Dundee City Council and Licensing Board
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Ayrshire Licensing Board
- East Dunbartonshire Council and Licensing Board
- East Lothian Council
- East Lothian Licensing Board
- East Renfrewshire Council and Licensing Board
- Falkirk Council
- Falkirk Licensing Board
- Fife Council and Licensing Board
- Glasgow City Council
- HITRANS
- Highland Council and Licensing Board
- Highland and Western Isles Valuation Joint Board
- Inverclyde Council
- Inverclyde Licensing Board
- Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board
- Midlothian Council
- Midlothian Licensing Board
- Moray Council and Licensing Board
- NESTRANS
- North Ayrshire Council and Licensing Board
- North Lanarkshire Council and Licensing Board
- Orkney Islands Council and Licensing Board
- Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board and Assessor for Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board
- Perth and Kinross Council and Licensing Board
- Renfrewshire Council
- Renfrewshire Licensing Board
- Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board and Assessor for Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board
- SESTRAN
- SWESTRANS
- Scottish Borders Council and Licensing Board
- Shetland Islands Council (including Licensing Board and Transport Partnership)
- South Ayrshire Council and Licensing Board
- South Lanarkshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Licensing Board
- Stirling Council and Licensing Board
- Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
- TACTRAN
- Tay Road Bridge Joint Board
- Tayside Valuation Joint Board
- West Dunbartonshire Council and Licensing Board
- West Lothian Council
- West Lothian Licensing Board
- Western Isles Licensing Board
Ministers/Parliament
- Scottish Ministers (including most Government Agencies and Non-Ministerial Officeholders)
- Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Prison Service
National Health Service
- Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
- Borders Health Board
- Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
- Fife Health Board
- Forth Valley Health Board
- Grampian Health Board
- Greater Glasgow Health Board
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Highland Health Board
- Lanarkshire Health Board
- Lothian Health Board
- NHS 24
- NHS Education for Scotland
- NHS Health Scotland
- NHS National Services Scotland
- National Waiting Times Centre Board
- Orkney Health Board
- Public Health Scotland
- Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
- Scottish Ambulance Service Board
- Scottish Dental Practice Board
- Shetland Health Board
- State Hospitals Board For Scotland
- Tayside Health Board
- Western Isles Health Board
Non Ministerial Officeholders
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
- Food Standards Scotland
- Keeper of the Registers of Scotland
- Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
- Queen's Printer for Scotland
- Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
- Revenue Scotland
- Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
- Scottish Fiscal Commission
- Scottish Sentencing Council
Others e.g. NDPBs
- Aberdeen City Integration Joint Board
- Aberdeenshire Integration Joint Board
- Accounts Commission for Scotland
- Angus Integration Joint Board
- Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board
- Audit Scotland
- Auditor General for Scotland
- Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland
- Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland
- Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Bord na Gaidhlig
- British Waterways Board
- Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Children's Hearings Scotland
- Clackmannanshire and Stirling Integration Joint Board
- Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
- Community Justice Scotland
- Convener of the School Closure Review Panels
- Creative Scotland
- Criminal Courts Rules Council
- Crofting Commission
- Crown Estate Scotland
- Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management)
- Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board
- Dundee City Integration Joint Board
- East Ayrshire Integration Joint Board
- East Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board
- East Lothian Integration Joint Board
- East Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board
- Edinburgh Integration Joint Board
- Falkirk Integration Joint Board
- Fife Integration Joint Board
- Forgewood Housing Co-operative Ltd
- General Teaching Council for Scotland
- Glasgow City Integration Joint Board
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- Historic Environment Scotland
- ILF Scotland
- Inverclyde Integration Joint Board
- Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
- Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
- Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Midlothian Integration Joint Board
- Moray Integration Joint Board
- National Library of Scotland
- North Ayrshire Integration Joint Board
- North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board
- Orkney Islands Integration Joint Board
- Parole Board for Scotland
- Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board
- Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
- Poverty & Inequality Commission
- Quality Meat Scotland
- Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board
- Risk Management Authority
- Scottish Animal Welfare Commission
- Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Scottish Borders Health & Social Care Integration Joint Board
- Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
- Scottish Civil Justice Council
- Scottish Commission for Human Rights
- Scottish Commission on Social Security
- Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
- Scottish Enterprise
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
- Scottish Housing Regulator
- Scottish Information Commissioner
- Scottish Land Commission
- Scottish Law Commission
- Scottish Legal Aid Board
- Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
- Scottish National Investment Bank
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
- Scottish Qualifications Authority
- Scottish Road Works Commissioner
- Scottish Social Services Council
- Scottish Sports Council
- Scottish Water
- Shetland Islands Integration Joint Board
- Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland
- South Ayrshire Integration Joint Board
- South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board
- South of Scotland Enterprise
- Standards Commission for Scotland
- The Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland
- The James Hutton Institute
- The Moredun Research Institute
- VisitScotland
- Water Industry Commission for Scotland
- West Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board
- West Lothian Integration Joint Board
- Western Isles Integration Joint Board
Police
s.5 designated body
- ANCHO Ltd
- Abbeyfield Scotland Ltd
- Aberdeen Performing Arts
- Aberdeen Soroptimist Housing Society Ltd
- Abertay Housing Association Ltd
- Abronhill Housing Association Ltd
- Active Stirling
- Addiewell Prison Limited
- Albyn Enterprises Ltd
- Albyn Housing Society Ltd
- Almond Enterprises Ltd
- Almond Housing Association Ltd
- Angus Alive
- Angus Housing Association Ltd
- Ardenglen Housing Association Ltd
- Ardfern School
- Argyll Community Housing Association Ltd
- Argyll Homes for All Limited
- Ark Housing Association Ltd
- Aspire (Scotland) Limited
- Atrium Homes
- Atrium Initiatives
- Ayrshire Housing Association
- Bachlaw Learning Centre
- Balnacraig School
- Barony Housing Association Ltd
- Barrhead Housing Association Ltd
- Bellsmyre Housing Association Ltd
- Berwickshire Housing Association Ltd
- Bield Housing & Care
- Blackwood Homes and Care
- Blairtummock Housing Association Ltd
- Blochairn Housing Association Ltd
- Blue Triangle (Glasgow) Housing Association Ltd
- Bridgewater Housing Association Ltd
- Brunton Theatre Trust
- CHA Power Ltd
- Cadder Housing Association Ltd
- Cairn Housing Association Ltd
- Caledonia Housing Association Ltd
- Calvay Housing Association Ltd
- Camphill Rudolf Steiner School
- Capability Scotland Corseford School
- Capability Scotland Stanmore House School
- Capital Theatres
- Cassiltoun Housing Association Ltd
- Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association Ltd
- Castlehill Housing Association Ltd
- Cathcart & District Housing Association Ltd
- Cernach Housing Association Ltd
- Charing Cross Housing Association Ltd
- Cloch Housing Association Ltd
- Closeburn House School
- Clyde Valley Housing Association Ltd
- Clyde Valley Property Services
- Clydebank Housing Association Ltd
- Clydesdale Housing Association Ltd
- Common Thread Ltd
- Copperworks Housing Association Ltd
- Cordale Housing Association Ltd
- Craigdale Housing Association Ltd
- Crandeen Ltd
- CrossReach
- Cube Housing Association Ltd
- Culture and Sport Glasgow
- Cunninghame Furniture Recycling Company
- Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd
- Daldorch House School
- Dalmuir Park Housing Association Ltd
- Donaldsons School
- Drumchapel Housing Co-operative Ltd
- Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership
- Dunbritton Housing Association Limited
- Dunedin Canmore Housing Limited
- Dunedin School
- East Ayrshire Leisure Trust
- East Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust
- East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust
- East Kilbride and District Housing Association Ltd
- East Lothian Housing Association Ltd
- East Park School
- Easthall Park Housing Cooperative Ltd
- Eden Court Highlands
- Eden Park Academy
- Edinburgh Leisure Ltd
- Eildon Housing Association Ltd
- Elderpark Housing Association Ltd
- Enjoy East Lothian Ltd
- Faifley Housing Association Ltd
- Fairfield Housing Co-operative Ltd
- Falkirk Community Trust
- Falkland House School
- Ferguslie Park Housing Association Ltd
- Fife Cultural Trust
- Fife Housing Association Ltd
- Fife Sports and Leisure Trust
- Forth Housing Association Ltd
- Fyne Homes
- Gardeen Housing Association Ltd
- Garrion Peoples Housing Cooperative Ltd
- Glasgow West Housing Association Ltd
- Glen Housing Association Ltd
- Glen Oaks Housing Association Ltd
- Good Shepherd Secure Close Support Unit
- Govan Housing Association Ltd
- Govanhill Community Development Trust
- Govanhill Housing Association Ltd
- Grampian Housing Association Ltd
- HMP Addiewell
- Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd
- Harmeny Education Trust Limited
- Hawthorn Housing Co-operative Ltd
- Hebridean Housing Partnership Ltd
- High Life Highlands
- Highland Residential (Inverness) Ltd
- Hillcrest Homes Ltd
- Hillhead Housing Association 2000
- Hillside School
- Hjaltland Housing Association Ltd
- Hjaltland Trading Ltd
- Home Fix Scotland Ltd
- Home in Scotland Ltd
- Homes for Life Housing Partnership
- Horizon Housing Association Ltd
- Horsecross Arts Ltd
- Hunters Hall Housing Co-operative Ltd
- Inverclyde Leisure Ltd
- Irvine Housing Association Ltd
- Jordanhill School
- Kendoon Housing Association Ltd
- Key Housing Association Ltd
- Kibble Education and Care Centre
- Kilmarnock Leisure Centre Trust
- Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd
- Kingdom Housing Association Ltd
- Kingdom Support and Care CIC
- Kingsridge Cleddans Housing Association Ltd
- Kirkgate Developments Ltd
- Knowes Housing Association Ltd
- Lanarkshire Housing Association Ltd
- Langstane Housing Association Ltd
- Larkfield Housing Association Ltd
- Leisure and Culture Dundee
- Levern Property Services
- Link Housing Association Limited
- Link Housing Group
- Link Property Limited
- Linstone Housing Association Ltd
- Linthouse Housing Association Ltd
- Lister Housing Co-operative Ltd
- Live Active Leisure
- Live Borders Ltd
- Lochaber Care and Repair
- Lochaber Housing Association Limited
- Lochaber Housing Association Property Services C.I.C.
- Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association
- Lochfield Park Housing Association Ltd
- Loreburn Housing Association Ltd
- Loretto Housing Association Ltd
- Maben House School
- Manor Estates Housing Association Ltd
- Maryhill Communities Ltd
- Maryhill Housing Association Ltd
- Melville Housing Association Ltd
- Milnbank Community Enterprise
- Milnbank Housing Association Ltd
- Mirren Park School
- Molendinar Park Housing Association
- Moore House School
- Moray Leisure
- Muirhouse Housing Association Ltd
- Netherlea School (ACAD)
- New Gorbals Housing Association Ltd
- New Struan School
- Ng2 Ltd
- North Ayrshire Leisure Ltd
- North Glasgow Housing Association Ltd
- North Lanarkshire Leisure
- North View Housing Association Ltd
- North West Highland Community Enterprises Ltd
- Northview House School
- Oak Tree Housing Association Ltd
- Oak Tree Housing Initiatives
- Ochil Tower School
- Ochil View Housing Association Ltd
- Ore Valley Enterprise Ltd
- Ore Valley Housing Association Ltd
- Orkney Housing Association Ltd
- Osprey Housing Ltd
- Osprey Housing Moray
- PACT Enterprises Ltd
- Paisley Housing Association Ltd
- Paragon Housing Association Ltd
- Parkhead Housing Association Ltd
- Partick Housing Association Ltd
- Pentland Housing Association Ltd
- Perth and Kinross Sports Council
- Pickaquoy Centre Trust
- Pineview Housing Association Ltd
- Places for People Scotland
- Port of Leith Housing Association Ltd
- Priory Troup House Ltd
- Prospect Community Housing
- Provanhall Housing Association Ltd
- Queens Cross Housing Association Ltd
- Reidvale Housing Association
- Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd
- River Clyde Homes
- Rosehill Housing Co-operative Limited
- Rossie Young Peoples Trust
- Ruchazie Housing Association Ltd
- Rural Stirling Housing Association Ltd
- Rutherglen and Cambuslang Housing Association Ltd
- Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association Ltd
- Scottish Borders Housing Association Ltd
- Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments
- Scottish Health Innovations Ltd
- Scottish Veterans Residences
- Seamab House School
- Serco Ltd
- Shettleston Housing Association Ltd
- Shire Housing Association Ltd
- South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Ltd
- Southside Housing Association
- Spire View Housing Association Ltd
- Sport Aberdeen
- St Francis Day Unit
- St Marys Kenmure
- St Philips School
- Starley Hall School
- Strathclyde (Camphill) Housing Society Ltd
- TLC Housing Maintenance
- The Glasgow Housing Association Ltd
- The Govan HOME Team CIC
- The Royal Blind School
- The Wheatley Foundation Ltd
- Thenue Housing Association Ltd
- Thistle Housing Association Ltd
- Tollcross Housing Association Ltd
- Trafalgar Housing Association Ltd
- Trust Housing Association Ltd
- Upkeep Shettleston Community Enterprises Ltd
- VSA
- Viewpoint Housing Association Ltd
- WS Estate Services Ltd
- WS Property Management Ltd
- Waverley Housing
- Wellhouse Housing Association Ltd
- Weslo Housing Management
- West Dunbartonshire Leisure
- West Granton Housing Co-operative Ltd
- West Highland Housing Association Ltd
- West Lothian Housing Partnership Ltd
- West Lothian Leisure Ltd
- West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative Ltd
- West of Scotland Housing Association Ltd
- Wheatley Care
- Wheatley Housing Group
- Wheatley Solutions Ltd
- Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association Ltd
- Williamsburgh Housing Association Ltd
- Willowacre Trust
- Yoker Housing Association Ltd
- Yorkhill Housing Association Ltd