Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - information request handling: annual report 2019

2019 annual report on the handling of information requests made to the Scottish Government under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.


Internal reviews

Background

Where an applicant is dissatisfied with the way in which the Scottish Government has dealt with a request for information they may ask us to carry out an internal review. Of the requests responded to, only 9% resulted in an internal review being requested.

Number of review requests responded to

In total, 276 reviews were responded to by the Scottish Government in 2019.

Reviews Total
Director-General Constitution And External Affairs 24
Director-General Economy 82
Director-General Education, Communities And Justice 51
Director-General Health & Social Care 30
Director-General Organisational Development And Operations 89
Director-General Scottish Exchequer 0
Total 276

Performance

The majority (85%) of all requests for review responded to in 2019 were responded to on time. Of the 276 reviews responded to, 235 were answered on time and 41 were late.

Reviews No Reviews No Reviews On Time No Reviews Late % Reviews Late
Director-General Constitution And External Affairs 24 24 0 100%
Director-General Economy 82 71 11 87%
Director-General Education, Communities And Justice 51 44 7 86%
Director-General Health & Social Care 30 23 7 77%
Director-General Organisational Development And Operations 89 73 16 82%
Director-General Scottish Exchequer 0 0 0 n/a
Total 276 235 41 85%

Contact

Email: foi@gov.scot

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