Public authority tables
Ministers, The Parliament| Ministers, The Parliament | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Accountant in Bankruptcy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Communities Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fisheries Research Service | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Historic Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mental Health Tribunal Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Archives of Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Building Standards Agency | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Court Service | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Criminal Record Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Housing Regulator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Ministers (Scottish Government) | 43 | 38 | 1 | 4 |
| Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Prison Service | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transport Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | 50 | 2 | 5 | |
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| Non-ministerial Office Holders in the Scottish Administration | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal** | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HM Inspectorate of Education | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keeper of the Records of Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keeper of the Registers of Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
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| Local Government | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Assessor for Dumfries and Galloway Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeen City Council | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angus Council | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Scotland Fire Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dundee City Council | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| East Lothian Council | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire Licensing Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Falkirk Council | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Fife Council | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Forth Estuary Transport Authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow City Council | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Highland and Islands Fire Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highland Council | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverclyde Council | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lothian and Borders Fire Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lothian Valuation Joint Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midlothian Council | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray Council | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shetland Islands Council | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Stirling Council | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathclyde Fire Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside Fire and Rescue Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside Valuation Joint Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian Council | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | 145 | 6 | 7 | |
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| The National Health Service | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Argyll and Clyde Health Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Borders NHS Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Services Agency | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway NHS Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife NHS Board | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Forth Valley NHS Board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian NHS Board | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Glasgow NHS Board | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Highland NHS Board | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire NHS Board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lothian NHS Board | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney NHS Board | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service Board | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland NHS Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside NHS Board | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Isles NHS Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Individual medical practitioners/practices | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Educational Institutions | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Carnegie College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central College Glasgow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coatbridge College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh Napier University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh's Telford College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Metropolitan College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Watt College of Further and Higher Education | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motherwell College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Newbattle Abbey College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Queen Margaret University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Gordon University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Agricultural College | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stevenson College Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Aberdeen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Dundee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Glasgow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Paisley / University of the West of Scotland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| University of St Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Stirling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Strathclyde | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| U H I Millenium Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
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| Police | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Central Scotland Police | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife Constabulary | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian Joint Police Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian Police | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lothian and Borders Police | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Constabulary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Joint Police Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Police Services Authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathclyde Police | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Tayside Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 26 | 0 | 3 | |
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| Others | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Audit Scotland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cairngorms National Park Authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deer Commission for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General Teaching Council for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highlands and Islands Enterprise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learning and Teaching Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parole Board for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scottish Arts Council | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Children's Reporter Administration | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Care Commission) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Enterprise | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Environment Protection Agency | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Information Commissioner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Legal Aid Board | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Natural Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Prison Complaints Commission | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Public Service Ombudsman | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Qualifications Authority | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Screen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Social Services Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Sports Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Tourist Board / Visit Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Water | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Standards Commission for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water Industry Commission for Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water Watch Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | |
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| Publicly Owned Companies | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Caledonian MacBrayne Limited | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City Building (Glasgow) LLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Culture and Sport Glasgow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Community & Safety Services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Cultural Enterprises Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Life | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Investors in People Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkintilloch's Initiative Limited | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lothian Buses plc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Enterprise Grampian Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Further Education Unit Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Futures Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish University for Industry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (Tie) Ltd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
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| EIRs*** | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Solway Shellfish Management Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Miscellaneous, N/A, etc | ||||
| Cases closed during investigation (sectoral) | ||||
| Settled | Withdrawn / abandoned | Vexatious / frivolous | Other | |
| Misc – other, N/A, etc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 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 FOI Act, but may be covered by the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
Definition of Key Terms
Settled – a mutually satisfactory outcome for the applicant and authority, negotiated without the need for the Commissioner to issue a formal decision.
Withdrawn / abandoned – applicant decides not to pursue e.g. following the release of information during the investigation.
Vexatious / Frivolous – cases may be closed by the Commissioner where the application is deemed to be vexatious or frivolous.
