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 Business Support Administrative Officer (Finance, Procurement & Payroll) We're recruiting for an Administrative Officer to join our Business Support Team. Interested? Click here to find out more... Read more Commissioner requires disclosure of information relating to the James Hamilton investigation The Commissioner has issued a decision which requires the Scottish Government to disclose some of the written evidence supplied to an investigation into whether the Ministerial Code had been breached Read more Commissioner makes further submission on FOI Reform The Commissioner has made a further submission to the Parliamentary Committee considering FOI Reform, following his evidence session last week Read more What is FOI? Find out more More information and updates Briefings and guidance Read our detailed guidance on different areas of FOI law, including our updated guidance on the FOI provision that allows 'vexatious' requests to be refused. Read more Open Update newsletter Read the latest edition of the Commissioner's Open Update newsletter and sign up to receive it in future! Read more 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
