072/2023: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Organisations in receipt of a PERF award offer: criteria
FOISA sections: 1(1)
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
070/2023: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Amendment to a loan
FOISA sections: 17
069/2023: South Lanarkshire Council
Correspondence relating to a named street
FOISA sections: 39(2), 47 EIR regulations: 2(1)Env, 2(1)SPA, 5(1), 5(2), 11(2)
066/2023: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Cyber-attacks: neither confirm nor deny
FOISA sections: 18, 35(1)(a)
067/2023: Public Health Scotland
Infant mortality September 2021 – numbers of vaccinated and unvaccinated mothers
FOISA sections: 36(2), 38(1)(b)
068/2023: Transport Scotland
Speed control measures on A75
EIR regulations: 5(1), 5(2), 10(1), 10(4)(a)
065/2023: Scottish Ministers
Timescale for Scotland joining the EU
FOISA sections: 2(1)(b), 29(1)(a), 30(b)(i), 30(b)(ii)
064/2023: City of Edinburgh Council
Comments received following resident engagement
FOISA sections: 1(1) EIR regulations: 10(4)(b)
062/2023: Scottish Ministers
Lochaber Smelter: Project Boots marketing presentation and marketing material
FOISA sections: 17, 30(c), 33(1)(b)
063/2023: Scottish Ministers
Lochaber Smelter: Fees paid by GFG Alliance under the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement
FOISA sections: 30(c), 33(1)(b)
061/2023: Inverclyde Council
Rights of Public Access – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 5(2), 16
060/2023: Borders Health Board
Pay rises given to employees for resuscitating or supplying life-saving equipment to patients
FOISA sections: 17
059/2023: Highland Council
Academy Street Proposal – Next Steps – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 5(2), 16
058/2023: Glasgow West Housing Association Ltd
Rent increases for rent registered tenants – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
057/2023: City of Edinburgh Council
Advice on charitable trusts
FOISA sections: 10, 21, 36(1)
055/2023: Public Health Scotland
Incident Management Team: Nike conference Covid-19 outbreak
FOISA sections: 17, 21, 27(1)
056/2023: Scottish Ministers
Location of 25 buildings participating in cladding pilot scheme
EIR regulations: 10(5)(f)
053/2023: Bon Accord Care Ltd
Incidents and complaints in a specified care home
FOISA sections: 26(a), 38(1)(b)
054/2023: University of Stirling
Sexual misconduct, complaints and discipline
FOISA sections: 1(1)
052/2023: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Soil Treatment Systems Ltd – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 5(2), 16
051/2023: Cromarty Firth Port Authority
Is Cromarty Firth Port Authority subject to the EIRs?
EIR regulations: 2(1)Env, 2(1)SPA, 5(1), 5(2), 13, 16
050/2023: Scottish Ministers
Communication received by former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport
FOISA sections: 17
048/2023: Transport Scotland
Monies paid to Chair of Edinburgh Trams Inquiry
FOISA sections: 38(1)(b)
049/2023: Scottish Ministers
IMPACT Centre Project
FOISA sections: 30(b)(ii), 33(1)(a), 33(1)(b)
045/2023: Scottish Ministers
Communications with the Scottish Prison Service relating to transgender prisoners – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
046/2023: Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd
Communications with former President of Paisley Art Institute
FOISA sections: 12
047/2023: Scottish Ministers
Correspondence with Deloitte about the GFG Alliance Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement (Lochaber Smelter)
FOISA sections: 17
044/2023: Scottish Ministers
Communications relating to Cambo oil field – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21 EIR regulations: 16
042/2023: Scottish Ministers
Departure of Chief Executive of Scottish Rail Holdings – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
043/2023: West Lothian Council
Burial lair records – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
041/2023: Scottish Ministers
OECD Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence into the Future report
FOISA sections: 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b), 30(c), 32(1)(b)
040/2023: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Animal welfare – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
039/2023: Scottish Ministers
Ernst & Young Project Golf report
FOISA sections: 27(1)
037/2023: Scottish Ministers
Information regarding a specified prisoner - failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
038/2023: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Pulp and Board Plant – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 2(2), 16
036/2023: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Loans, assessments and emails
FOISA sections: 30(c)
034/2023: The Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland
Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie
FOISA sections: 1(1), 30(c), 38(1)(b)
035/2023: Scottish Borders Council
Private Water Supply
EIR regulations: 11(2)
033/2023: Scottish Legal Aid Board
Legal aid applications
FOISA sections: 26(a)
031/2023: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Threats of violence towards MPs, MSPs and local government councillors
FOISA sections: 12
032/2023: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Child sexual exploitation reports
FOISA sections: 30(b)(i), 30(b)(ii), 35(1)(a), 35(1)(b)
030/2023: Fife Council
Payments from a named person’s bank account
FOISA sections: 1(1), 17
029/2023: Transport Scotland
Penalty Charges for parking offences – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
028/2023: Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
Complaint details – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
025/2023: Glasgow City Council
Records relating to a café – information identified in a previous response
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6), 14(1), 47
027/2023: Forth Valley Health Board
NHS Scotland Gender Reassignment Protocol – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
024/2023: Scottish Ambulance Service Board
Complaints about ambulances not arriving on time
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 1(6), 17, 47
026/2023: Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Staff suspensions – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
022/2023: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Information to tackle financial abuse
FOISA sections: 15, 17
023/2023: City of Edinburgh Council
Graffiti reports
FOISA sections: 1(1), 17