Special Reports and other publications

Below you will find a list of publications, such as special reports and responses to consultations and Parliamentary inquiries, issued by the Scottish Information Commissioner.

Information we publish relating to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic can be accessed through our Covid-19 Information Hub.

Special Reports

April 2017            Commissioner's Special Report - Proactive Publication: time for a rethink?

January 2015       Commissioner's Special Report: FOI 10 Years On - are the right organisations covered?

August 2014        Commissioner's Special Report - Failure to Respond to FOI Requests: extent, impact and remedy

January 2012       Kevin Dunion's Special Report to the Scottish Parliament, on leaving office

Other publications

2019

• Response to consultation on extending the coverage of FOI law in Scotland (December)
• Scottish Government Intervention - Progress Report (July)
• Response to consultation on environmental principles and governance in Scotland (May)
• Submission on post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (May)
• Written evidence on the Scottish Government's consultation on charity law (March)
• Written evidence on The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2019 (March)

2018

• Scottish Government Intervention - Intervention Report (June)
• Response to consultation on a Draft Order extending coverage of FOI law to Registered Social Landlords (March)

2017

• Response to Government Consultation on Extending Coverage of FOISA to Registered Social Landlords (February
• Response to SEPA consultation on an Integrated Authorisation Framework (March)
• Written evidence on the Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (October)
• Response to Transport Scotland consultation on Raising standards and improving the quality of Scottish road works (October)
• Response to Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee (December)
• Further submission on Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (December)

2016

• Response to National Records of Scotland consultation on proper arrangements for archiving records (March)
• Response to Scottish Government consultation on Time for Compliance Regulations (April)
• Response to Scottish Government Consultation on the Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland (May)
• Response to Consultation on Audit Scotland Fee Setting Arrangements (August)
• Response to revised section 60 Code of Practice (November)

2015

• Response to consultation on Climate Change Reporting Duties (May)
• Response to the Education & Culture Committee on Scotland's Commissioner for Children & Young People Report  (May)
• Response to Government Consultation on Further Extension of Coverage of FOISA to More Organisations (September)
• Written evidence to Independent Review of Planning (December)

2014

• Response to the consultation on the Community Empowerment Bill (January)
• Submission to Lobbying Inquiry by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (February)

2013

• Response to the consultation on Proposal to Restructure the Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (April)
• Response to the consultation on a proposed order to revise the lifespan of certain FOI exemptions (June)
• Letter to the Education and Culture Committee on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill (July)
• Response to the consultation on the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Bill (December)
• Briefing on the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 - updated December 2013 (December)
   

2012

• Response to the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill consultation (February)
• Response to consultation on a Model Records Management Plan (Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011) (May)
• Response to the Finance Committee's enquiry into the general principles of the Freedom of Information (Amendment)(Scotland) Bill (July)
• Response to consultation on a Community Empowerment Bill (August)
• Supplementary submission to the Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee on the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (September)
• Submission to the Scottish Government's consultation on the Procurement Reform Bill (November)
• Letter to the Finance Committee at Stage 2 of the FOISA Amendment Bill (PDF - 143kB) (December)
• Briefing Note on Stage 2 Amendments of the FOISA Amendment Bill (PDF - 92kB) (December)

2011

• Commissioner's consultation response on revised Section 61 Code of Practice (November)

2010

• Response to Local Government Committee on Housing (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 (March)
• Response to the Public Records (Scotland) Bill proposal (July)
• Written evidence to the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee on Public Records (Scotland) Bill (November)
• Supplementary response to the Scottish Government's consultation on extending scope of FOISA (November)
• Response to Scottish Government's consultation on extending the scope of FOISA (November)

2009

• Response to the Scottish Government's discussion paper on extending coverage of FOISA (January)
• Written evidence to Review of SPCB Supported Bodies Committee (January)
• Written evidence to Finance Committee's consideration of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Bill (August)
• Response to Government's "Improving Openness" consultation (September)

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