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 FOI events and training Now booking: Centre for FOI Practitioners' Conference 2024 Read more Welcome to our new home We've moved home! foi.scot is the new address of the Scottish Information Commissioner. Read more Survey finds strong public support for FOI New survey finds strong public support for FOI - alongside support for a stronger FOI law 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