Public authority tables - overview by sector
Ministers, The Parliament| Ministers, The Parliament | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Communities Scotland | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Fisheries Research Service | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Historic Scotland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Mental Health Tribunal Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Archives of Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Office of the Accountant in Bankruptcy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Building Standards Agency | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Court Service | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Scottish Criminal Record Office | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scottish Housing Regulator | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Ministers (Scottish Government) | 385 | 91 | 72 | 186 | 36 | |
| Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 35 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 1 | |
| Scottish Prison Service | 56 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 3 | |
| Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Transport Scotland | 17 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 549 | 143 | 97 | 265 | 44 | ||
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| Non-ministerial Office Holders in the Scottish Administration | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal** | 46 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| HM Inspectorate of Education | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Keeper of the Records of Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Keeper of the Registers of Scotland | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 64 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 0 | ||
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| Local Government | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Aberdeen City Council | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 31 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 6 | |
| Angus Council | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Central Scotland Fire Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 96 | 34 | 23 | 31 | 8 | |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 39 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | |
| Dundee City Council | 51 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 7 | |
| East Ayrshire Council | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |
| East Lothian Council | 39 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 0 | |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| East Renfrewshire Licensing Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Falkirk Council | 35 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 2 | |
| Fife Council | 62 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 4 | |
| Forth Estuary Transport Authority | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glasgow City Council | 101 | 39 | 21 | 35 | 6 | |
| Highland and Islands Fire Board | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Highland Council | 39 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 3 | |
| Inverclyde Council | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lothian Valuation Joint Board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midlothian Council | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Moray Council | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| North Ayrshire Council | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 45 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 1 | |
| Orkney Islands Council | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 22 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | |
| Renfrewshire Council | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Scottish Borders Council | 36 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 3 | |
| Shetland Islands Council | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| South Ayrshire Council | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 54 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 5 | |
| Stirling Council | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Strathclyde Fire Board | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tayside Fire and Rescue Board | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tayside Valuation Joint Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| West Lothian Council | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1,007 | 334 | 234 | 387 | 52 | ||
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| The National Health Service | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Argyll and Clyde Health Board | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Borders NHS Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Common Services Agency | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway NHS Board | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fife NHS Board | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Forth Valley NHS Board | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grampian NHS Board | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Greater Glasgow NHS Board | 23 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | |
| Highland NHS Board | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lanarkshire NHS Board | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lothian NHS Board | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| NHS 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orkney NHS Board | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Ambulance Service Board | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Shetland NHS Board | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tayside NHS Board | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Western Isles NHS Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Individual medical practitioners/practices | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 147 | 51 | 42 | 45 | 9 | ||
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| Educational Institutions | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Carnegie College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Edinburgh Napier University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Edinburgh's Telford College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Glasgow Metropolitan College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Watt College of Further and Higher Education | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Motherwell College | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Queen Margaret University | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Robert Gordon University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Agricultural College | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stevenson College Edinburgh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| University of Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| University of Dundee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| University of Glasgow | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| University of Paisley / University of the West of Scotland | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| University of St Andrews | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| University of Stirling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| University of Strathclyde | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| U H I Millenium Institute | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 2 | ||
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| Police | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Central Scotland Police | 39 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Fife Constabulary | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Grampian Joint Police Board | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grampian Police | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Lothian and Borders Police | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Northern Constabulary | 21 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |
| Northern Joint Police Board | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scottish Police Services Authority | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Strathclyde Police | 73 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 8 | |
| Tayside Police | 35 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | |
| 235 | 59 | 39 | 124 | 13 | ||
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| Others | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Audit Scotland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cairngorms National Park Authority | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deer Commission for Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| General Teaching Council for Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Highlands and Islands Enterprise | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Learning and Teaching Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Parole Board for Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Scottish Arts Council | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Children's Reporter Administration | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Care Commission) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scottish Enterprise | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scottish Environment Protection Agency | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scottish Legal Aid Board | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Scottish Natural Heritage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scottish Prison Complaints Commission | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Scottish Public Service Ombudsman | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| Scottish Qualifications Authority | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Screen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scottish Social Services Council | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Sports Council | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Tourist Board / Visit Scotland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Scottish Water | 31 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | |
| Standards Commission for Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Water Watch Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 173 | 52 | 38 | 61 | 22 | ||
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| Publicly Owned Companies | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Caledonian MacBrayne Limited | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| City Building (Glasgow) LLP | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Culture and Sport Glasgow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Glasgow Community & Safety Services | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glasgow Cultural Enterprises Ltd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Investors in People Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kirkintilloch's Initiative Limited | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scottish Enterprise Grampian Ltd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scottish Further Education Unit Ltd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scottish University for Industry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (Tie) Ltd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | ||
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| Miscellaneous (e.g. body not covered***) | ||||||
| Total | Cases | |||||
| Applications 2005-2009 |
Closed without investigation | Closed during investigation view details |
Closed with decision view details |
Still under investigation | ||
| Misc – other, N/A, etc. | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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* Some authorities have ceased to exist.
** Section 48 of FOISA sets out that appeals can only be brought to the Commissioner in limited circumstances.
*** Applications in relation to bodies which are not currently subject to the Act, e.g. housing associations.
Definition of Key Terms
Application – an application to the Commissioner for a decision – can only be made after a request and then 'request for review' has been made to the public authority.
Cases closed without investigation – cases may be closed because they are invalid or where the applicant withdraws (e.g. because the authority has provided information).
Cases closed with decision – cases where the Commissioner issues a formal decision notice containing his ruling.
