Introduction to class
The Scottish Government produces a wide range and number of publications of public interest (e.g. annual and ad-hoc reports, consultation papers, guidance, circulars, statistical and research publications and a variety of other document types).
Information available
This class provides all Scottish Government publications. The Scottish Government website currently holds full text publications from 1997 onwards. They are listed in date order, newest first but can also be searched by date, topic or key word. The topics of the publications, by which they can be searched, are as follows:
- Agriculture
- Arts, Heritage and Recreation
- Business and Industry
- Care and Social Work
- Crime, Law, Justice and Rights
- Economics and Finance
- Education and Skills
- Employment, Jobs and Careers
- Energy and Fuel
- Environment
- Fisheries
- Government, Politics and Public Administration
- Health, Well-being and Care
- Information and Communication
- People, Communities and Living
- Science, Technology and Innovation
- Transport and Infrastructure
Publications not listed on the Scottish Government website are not available under this scheme.
Charges
All publications are available to download free from the Scottish Government website. Charges may be made for making information in this class available in hard copy (printed) format.
Where the information within this class can be located
This class of information can be located within the ' Publications' section of the Scottish Government website or through one of the alternative routes described under section 5 of this scheme. Note, however, that consultation papers can be found both here and within the 'Consultations' section of the website.
Further information on all of the "topics" areas listed above is also available under the ' Topics' heading on the Scottish Government website or through one of the alternative routes described under section 5 of this scheme.