062/2022: East Lothian Council
paths and core paths
EIR regulations: 2(1)Env, 2(1)SPA, 5(1), 5(2), 8
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
058/2022: Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
Recipients of a letter
FOISA sections: 10, 17, 21
059/2022: City of Glasgow College
Course applicants to BA Photography – whether request is repeated
FOISA sections: 14(2)
057/2022: South Lanarkshire Council
Council tax online form complaint – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
055/2022: Lothian Health Board
Pay rises for employees administering life- saving care without patient consent – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
054/2022: Scottish Forestry
Statutory Plant Health Notices 2019
EIR regulations: 11(2)
056/2022: Fife Council
Short life working group considering NASSO Environmental Risk Assessments
FOISA sections: 30(c), 35(1)(a), 35(1)(b), 36(2), 39(1)
053/2022: North Ayrshire Council
Hunterston Offsite Emergency Plan
EIR regulations: 5(1), 5(2), 10(1), 10(2), 10(5)(a)
052/2022: South Lanarkshire Council
Social care records and care policies
FOISA sections: 10, 20(3), 20(5), 21, 36(2)
051/2022: South Lanarkshire Council
Deceased person’s care records
FOISA sections: 36(2)
050/2022: South Lanarkshire Council
Stonelaw High School policy for pupils who abscond – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 21
048/2022: Scottish Ministers
Legal advice on second independence referendum in 2020
FOISA sections: 36(1)
049/2022: NHS National Services Scotland
Costs of Track and Trace
FOISA sections: 1(1), 10, 15, 25
045/2022: Glasgow Housing Association Limited
Settlement Agreements
FOISA sections: 1(1), 17, 38(1)(b)
047/2022: City of Edinburgh Council
Monitoring Officer’s Report
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 10, 17
043/2022: Children's Hearings Scotland
Legal advice
FOISA sections: 36(1)
044/2022: Glasgow City Council
Competency based internal interviews
FOISA sections: 1(1)
046/2022: Scottish Ministers
Lochaber Smelter – Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement
FOISA sections: 17
041/2022: Lothian Health Board
Emails referring to a named person
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 10, 17, 21
042/2022: Scottish Ministers
Covid-19 procurement contracts
FOISA sections: 17
040/2022: Inverness College
Course monitoring forms
FOISA sections: 14(2)
039/2022: Clackmannanshire Council
Data Controllers present at Forth Valley Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) held on 15 November 2018
FOISA sections: 17, 19
035/2022: Forth Valley Health Board
Incident and accident reports – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
037/2022: Stirling Council
Social worker details, Forth Valley MARAC data controllers and information sharing
FOISA sections: 10, 14(1), 17, 21
038/2022: Scottish Ministers
Update to Climate Change Plan – December 2020 – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b) EIR regulations: 16, 5(2)
036/2022: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Fire incident and fire inspections relating to a specified location – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21
034/2022: Scottish Ministers
Recorded process for making a formal complaint about a Scottish Government consultation document
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 1(6), 16, 17, 25
032/2022: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Ethnicity of those stopped under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000
FOISA sections: 31(1), 35(1)(a), 39(1)
033/2022: Aberdeen City Council
Names of officers on review panel
FOISA sections: 38(1)(b)
031/2022: City of Edinburgh Council
Financial arrangements and trustees related to Lauriston Castle Trust
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
030/2022: Glasgow City Council
Leader of the Council’s taxi journeys: “approved duties”
FOISA sections: 3(2)(a)(i), 15, 17
028/2022: East Renfrewshire Council
Early years nurseries
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 1(6), 10, 21, 39(2) EIR regulations: 2(1)Env, 5(1), 5(2), 16
029/2022: Scottish Ministers
Ramsar Policy
EIR regulations: 10(1), 10(2), 10(4)(e), 2(1)Env, 5(1), 5(2), 7
025/2022: Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Information regarding a complaint made to the SPSO
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4)
026/2022: Falkirk Council
DASH Risk Checklist and MARAC Meeting data controllers
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
027/2022: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Data Controller(s) recorded at specific MARACs
FOISA sections: 17
024/2022: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Landfill and waste disposal sites
FOISA sections: 39(2) EIR regulations: 10(1), 10(2), 10(4)(a), 10(4)(b), 10(5)(b), 10(5)(d), 10(5)(e), 2(1)Env, 5(1), 5(2)
023/2022: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Changes to assumed half-life of chemical used in computer modelling to predict the dispersion of pesticides discharged by fish farms – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 16, 5(2)
021/2022: North Ayrshire Council
Claim for damage to car – whether information held
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
022/2022: Lothian Health Board
Correspondence with Vanilla Blush
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
019/2022: Scottish Ministers
Biogenic Reef Habitats
EIR regulations: 10(4)(a), 13, 16, 5(1), 9
020/2022: Aberdeen City Council
Businesses receiving financial support
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6)
015/2022: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Allegations against the Applicant
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(6), 18, 2(1)(a), 2(2)(e)(ii), 38(1)(a)
016/2022: East Lothian Council
Data Controller(s): Midlothian and East Lothian Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4)
017/2022: Highland Health Board
Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) data controllers
FOISA sections: 1(1), 1(4), 17
018/2022: Scottish Ministers
Scotland’s Future Fisheries Management Strategy – failure to respond
FOISA sections: 10, 21 EIR regulations: 16, 5(2)
012/2022: Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Number of deaths caused by Covid-19 in Health Board area
FOISA sections: 17
014/2022: Fife Council
Pension fund figures
FOISA sections: 17
013/2022: Lothian Health Board
Treatment of low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A
FOISA sections: 1(1), 17
011/2022: Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
Death of Robin Cook MP - whether requests were repeated
FOISA sections: 1(1), 14(2)