Scottish Information Commissioner The independent public official responsible for promoting and enforcing Scotland's freedom of information (FOI) law. FOI gives everyone the right to access information held by Scottish public authorities. Featured Appeal to the Commissioner If you're unhappy with the outcome of an FOI request and review you can appeal to the Commissioner. While appeals are currently taking longer to resolve than we would like, we're working hard to address this. Read more Commissioner's statement on the status of non-corporate messaging tools under FOI law Statement on the status of corporate messaging tools such as WhatsApp under FOI law Read more Commissioner welcomes Decision of the Court of Appeal The Commissioner has welcomed a recent FOI decision of the Court of Appeal Read more What is FOI? Find out more More information and updates Open Update newsletter The Scottish Information Commissioner's Open Update newsletter delivers the latest freedom of information (FOI) news direct to your inbox. Read past editions and sign up here! Read more Current investigations We publish a list of our current investigations. The report is updated early in each month. Read more FOI and EIRs statistics Download statistics on FOI/EIR requests and responses in Scotland. Public authorities can also find how to submit their statistics. Read more
