Information notices
Information Notices served on public authorities – 2005-2009
| Information notices served 2005-2008 | Information notices served 2009 | |
| Ministers, The Parliament | ||
| Scottish Ministers (Scottish Government) | 12 | 5 |
| Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 2 | 0 |
| Local Government | ||
| Aberdeen City Council | 2 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 1 | 0 |
| Angus Council | 1 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 2 | 0 |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 2 | 2 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 2 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 2 | 0 |
| Dundee City Council | 13 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 1 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 2 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 1 | 0 |
| Falkirk Council | 3 | 0 |
| Fife Council | 4 | 1 |
| Glasgow City Council | 4 | 1 |
| Highland Council | 2 | 0 |
| Midlothian Council | 1 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 1 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 3 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 2 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 3 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 3 | 1 |
| Shetland Islands Council | 0 | 1 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 2 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 1 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 2 | 0 |
| West Lothian Council | 2 | 1 |
| The National Health Service | ||
| Lothian NHS Board | 2 | 0 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service Board | 0 | 1 |
| Educational Institutions | ||
| Motherwell College | 1 | 0 |
| University of Stirling | 1 | 0 |
| Police | ||
| Central Scotland Police | 1 | 0 |
| Fife Constabulary | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Constabulary | 1 | 0 |
| Strathclyde Police | 4 | 0 |
| Tayside Police | 2 | 0 |
| Others | ||
| Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Care Commission) | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Legal Aid Board | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Tourist Board / Visit Scotland | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Water | 3 | 0 |
| Publicly Owned Companies | ||
| Caledonian MacBrayne Limited | 1 | 0 |
| City Building (Glasgow) LLP | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 96 | 14 |
An information notice is not the same as a decision notice. Information notices require public authorities to supply information to the Commissioner during the course of an investigation. Occasionally they can be used to speed up the investigation of cases. Decision notices, on the other hand, are issued to both the public authority and applicant at the conclusion of an investigation. A decision notice sets out the Commissioner's final decision in relation to a case.
For details of the number of decision notices issued, see the 'Cases closed with decision' data here.
