Operational performance
The Scottish Information Commissioner's functions, and the powers required to discharge those functions, are derived from Scotland's freedom of information legislation - specifically, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, the Environmental Information Regulations (Scotland) (EIRs) and the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009. The Commissioner enforces and promotes the rights created by these pieces of legislation, and these pages provide information on how the Commissioner is doing. On this part of our site you will find information about:
- setting objectives and targets
- performance reporting
- quarterly Operational Reports
- caseload (Dashboard) Reports
- Annual Reports
You can also click here to view the Commissioner's Financial Performance.
Annual Report 2010/11
The Commissioner publishes data on operational performance every year in an Annual Report which is laid before the Scottish Parliament.
The facts at your fingertips
Enquiries statistics 2004/5 to 2010/11
Applications overview 2008/9 to 2010/11
Cases closed and decisions 2010/11
Investigations performance 2008/9 to 2010/11
Setting objectives and targets
As a Scottish public authority, the Scottish Information Commissioner is accountable to taxpayers for delivering functions economically, efficiently and effectively. The Commissioner has set out the overall approach to delivery of those functions in a four-year Strategic Plan 2012-2016. This plan is published, and shared with the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Each year, the Commissioner also publishes an Operational Plan - the annual programme of activity which will be delivered over the year, in pursuit of the key strategic themes in the four year plan. The Operational Plan contains details of all planned activities along with targets/success measures and timescales.
View current and past plans on the Strategic and operational plans pages of this site.
Performance reporting
The Commissioner reports progress against Operational Plan Objectives every quarter. A 'Dashboard' of caseload and investigations performance statistics is also published every month. You can download the Commissioner's Quarterly Operational Reports and monthly Dashboard Reports below.
These reports are published once they have been signed off by the Commissioner - usually at the next Quarterly Management Team meeting.
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Quarterly Report - Oct to Dec 2012 |
Quarterly Report - Jan to Mar 2012 Quarterly Report - Oct to Dec 2011 |
Quarterly Report - Jan to Mar 2011 Quarterly Report - Oct to Dec 2010 |
This report includes statistics showing the number of cases and enquiries, against the targets set at the beginning of each financial year. There are also statistics on the length of investigations, against the targets set. Annual caseload statistics appear in the Annual reports of the Scottish Information Commissioner.
The first report for 2012/13 covers the six-months to end September 2012. Following a review of our reporting arrangements, this report will be published quarterly.
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Dashboard to Aug 2011
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Annual Reports
Under Section 46 of the Act, the Commissioner must lay an annual report before the Scottish Parliament. The Commissioner's Annual Reports typically include commentary from the Commissioner, reflecting on the previous year and setting out priorities for the coming year. They also include a broad compendium of performance statistics, including annual trends, and other statistical data relating to freedom of information in Scotland e.g. from research the Commissioner has commissioned from time to time.
The 2009 Annual Report is also available as an interactive website:
- Visit the Annual Report 2009 website.