FOI 26-095 Published FOI Info
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 26-095 Published FOI Info
- Request Date
- 20 Feb 2026
- Response Date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Information Requested
Please provide the following information for each of the past three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25), and for the current year to date:
- The total number of FOI requests received.
- The total number of FOI responses issued.
- The total number of internal review requests received.
- The total number of internal review decisions issued.
- The total number of applications made to the Scottish Information Commissioner relating to SAS FOI responses.
- The number of decision notices issued by the Scottish Information Commissioner concerning SAS during this period.
- The number of cases (if any) appealed further to the Court of Session.
- The number of FOI requests and responses published on the SAS website.
- The number of internal review requests and review decisions published on the SAS website.
- If not all FOI requests, responses, review outcomes and appeal outcomes are published, please explain the criteria or policy used to determine which are published and which are not.
- Whether follow-up correspondence forming part of an FOI request (including clarifications or revised responses following review) is routinely published. If not, please explain why.
If there is a written policy or guidance governing the publication of FOI material and review outcomes, please provide a copy
- Response
Please note, Freedom of Information Requests are held in calendar year, this is the totals that have been provided below.
Q1 - Q4
Year
Total FOI’s Received
Total Responses Issued
Total Reviews Received
Total Reviews Decisions Issued
2022
368
354
18
18
2023
522
504
25
25
2024
540
532
20
20
2025
597
589
21
21
2026
124
104
2
2
*01/01/2026 - 04/03/2026
Please note caution when interpreting the data – There are requests where clarification was sought from requesters and this was not received. Therefore, requests can be closed without receiving a response to the request. Where clarification has been received, FOI responses have been issued.
Some of the requests for 2026 are still open within the statutory time awaiting a response.
Q5 – the Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold any information on how many applications have been made to the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC). This information can be requested from the SIC - Contact Us | Scottish Information Commissioner
Q6 – We have applied section 25 to the request of Decision notices issued by the Commissioner. Decision notices issued to the Scottish Ambulance Service by the Scottish Information Commissioner can be found on the Scottish Information Commissioner's website - Decisions | Scottish Information Commissioner
Q7 – The Scottish Ambulance Service has not had any appeals at the Court of Sessions for the period requested.
Q8 – There are currently 500 Freedom of Information Requests published on the Scottish Ambulance Service website.
Q9 – There are no review requests published on the Scottish Ambulance Service website. Internal reviews are issued directly to the applicant in accordance with FOISA, but the Service does not currently operate a publication scheme for internal review decisions.
Q10 – The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold a policy or criteria for what FOI requests, responses and reviews are published. The Scottish Ambulance Service is committed to openness and transparency and seeks to make FOI responses publicly available in order to support wider public understanding and reduce the need for repeated requests.
Q11 - Follow‑up correspondence forming part of an FOI request, including clarification exchanges and revised responses issued following an internal review, is not routinely published.
FOI correspondence is case‑specific and is intended to facilitate communication between the authority and the applicant in order to process a request in accordance with FOISA. Such correspondence may contain procedural, contextual or personal information and does not constitute information that the Service is required to make publicly available.
Where an internal review results in a revised decision or disclosure, this is communicated directly to the applicant, as required by FOISA. There is no statutory obligation to publish that correspondence.
The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold a specific written policy or guidance governing the publication of individual FOI requests, responses, review outcomes or appeal outcomes.
FOISA does not require public authorities to publish FOI correspondence, and as such no formal criteria or policy has been developed for determining which FOI materials are published.
In accordance with section 17 of FOISA, the Scottish Ambulance Service therefore advises that no recorded information is held in relation to a policy or guidance on the publication of FOI material or review outcomes.
