220/2026: Crofting Commission
Correspondence relating to specified people, locations and crofting in the Inner Hebrides
FOISA sections: 1(1), 38(1)(a), 38(1)(b) EIR regulations: 5(1), 11(1), 11(2)
Source · Scotland · FOISA / EIR decisions
SIC Decisions
Decisions issued by the Scottish Information Commissioner on complaints under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004. Each decision finds for the applicant, for the public authority, or partially upholds the complaint, citing the specific FOISA sections and/or EIR regulations at issue.
4,495 decisions
65.7% for the applicant, in full or in part
110 bodies covered
23 years since 2005
Filter decisions
215/2026: British Waterways Board
Use of property at a named location
FOISA sections: 10, 21
214/2026: Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
Whether requests were vexatious
FOISA sections: 10, 14(1), 15, 17
204/2026: West Dunbartonshire Council
Validity of the requirement for review
FOISA sections: 21 EIR regulations: 16
203/2026: Scottish Prison Service
Individuals granted parole during 2024
FOISA sections: 1(1), 10, 17, 21, 47
202/2026: Highland Council
Spending in schools – facilities management/janitorial services
FOISA sections: 17
201/2026: Moray Council
Breakdown of itemised expenses for councillors
FOISA sections: 12, 15
200/2026: Tayside Health Board
Review of Investigation of Professor Eljamel
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6), 17, 38(1)(b), 47
198/2026: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Representations or consultation responses relating to the Whitesands Project Flood Protection Scheme
EIR regulations: 10(5)(a), 10(5)(f), 11(2), 11(6)
199/2026: Glasgow City Council
Braes Shopping Centre – receipts and payment rules
EIR regulations: 10(5)(e), 11(2)
197/2026: Grampian Health Board
Rotas for medical trainees and locally employed doctors
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
196/2026: Scottish Ministers
Planning applications to East Dunbartonshire Council
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6), 2(1)(b), 39(2) EIR regulations: 2(1)Env, 5(1)
193/2026: City of Edinburgh Council
Charging to transport to/from day services
FOISA sections: 1(1), 15
194/2026: Highland Council
Purchase of development site
FOISA sections: 17
195/2026: East Lothian Council
Correspondence relating to the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme
EIR regulations: 5(2), 7, 7(2), 10(4)(b)
191/2026: Scottish Ministers
Correspondence and communications between Prince William and the First Minister regarding certain environmental issues
EIR regulations: 2(1)Env, 5(1), 10(4)(a)
180/2026: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Net Explosive Content of specified item
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 1(6), 15, 17
188/2026: Inverclyde Council
Information relating to a property in Gourock
EIR regulations: 7, 11(2)
189/2026: University of Edinburgh
List of dissertation titles and authors from 1972
FOISA sections: 10, 12, 38(1)(b)
190/2026: Scottish Prison Service
Hall staff duties of prison officers
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6), 14(1), 47
186/2026: Scottish Ministers
Farm inspection
EIR regulations: 5(1), 10(4)(a)
187/2026: Govan Housing Association Ltd
Minutes of Special Management Committee Meeting
FOISA sections: 36(1), 36(2)
185/2026: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Anti-catholic arrests / charges – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
184/2026: Dundee City Council
School protocols and policies regarding safeguarding and child protection in the context of removing children from classes – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 20(1)
182/2026: West Dunbartonshire Council
Communications about illegal flags in West Dunbartonshire – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 1(1), 10, 21
183/2026: University of Dundee
Financial position and potential disposal of the Botanic Gardens and the playing fields at Riverside in Dundee – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 5(2)
181/2026: Orkney Islands Council
Terms of engagement provided to firm of solicitors for the investigation of a complaint
FOISA sections: 36(1)
177/2026: Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Decisions relying on reasonableness
FOISA sections: 25
172/2026: Scottish Ministers
Number of pass users entering specified Scottish Government buildings
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6), 2(1)(b), 39(1)
176/2026: The University of St Andrews
Donor List – Centre for Energy Ethic
EIR regulations: 11(2)
178/2026: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Whether request was repeated
FOISA sections: 1(1), 14(2)
179/2026: Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Whether information request was valid
FOISA sections: 20(1), 21
175/2026: Aberdeen City Council
Bus lane statistics
FOISA sections: 17, 25
171/2026: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Fred the Eagle
EIR regulations: 10(4)(e), 10(5)(b), 11(2)
173/2026: Tayside Health Board
Rotas for medical trainees and locally employed doctors
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
174/2026: Midlothian Council
Employment practices
FOISA sections: 1(1), 15, 17, 38(1)(b)
168/2026: General Teaching Council for Scotland
Communications between the First Minister/Scottish Government and GTCS
FOISA sections: 30(c)
169/2026: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Legal advice to the Presiding Officer on the legislative competence of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
FOISA sections: 36(1)
170/2026: Fife Health Board
Trans Policy and related correspondence with Terence Higgins Trust
FOISA sections: 25, 30(b)(i), 30(b)(ii), 30(c), 38(1)(b), 39(1)
167/2026: Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
Information concerning protected groups under the Equality Act
FOISA sections: 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 21, 25
160/2026: Scottish Ministers
Due diligence - Tata Steel and Liberty Stee
FOISA sections: 30(c), 36(1), 38(1)(b)
164/2026: General Teaching Council for Scotland
Whether request vexatious
FOISA sections: 14(1), 21
165/2026: General Teaching Council for Scotland
Whether request vexatious
FOISA sections: 14(1), 21
166/2026: Lothian Health Board
Communication-related reasonable adjustments – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
163/2026: Highland Council
Principal Teacher points – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
162/2026: Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Medical opinions referenced in a published research paper
FOISA sections: 37, 38(1)(b)
159/2026: Glasgow City Council
Copy of a building warrant
EIR regulations: 6(1)(b)
161/2026: East Lothian Council
Policy or guidance issued to headteachers on external practitioners
FOISA sections: 17
157/2026: South Lanarkshire Council
Canopy at specified residential address
FOISA sections: 39(2) EIR regulations: 11(2)
158/2026: Fife Health Board
General Practice Vacancies
FOISA sections: 15, 17