Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 provides a right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities.
FOI requests should not be submitted for access to your personal information.
You should instead submit a subject access request to access to your own, personal information.
Police Scotland respond to around 3,000 FOI requests a year and the responses are published on our disclosure log. We would encourage you to please research the log and our Publication Scheme before submitting a request as the information you seek may already be available.
Requests must include your full name and can be submitted by email:
Postal requests should be addressed to - FOI - Information Management, Police Scotland, Clyde Gateway, 2 French Street, Glasgow, G40 4EH
Environmental Information
Access to information about the environment can be requested under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, which has similar provisions to that of FOI.
Requests for environmental information will be dealt with under these regulations and can be submitted in the same way as a FOI request.
The definition of environmental information is very broad, and includes the state of the elements, the state of human health and safety, measures and activities affecting or likely to affect the state of elements of the environment, any factors such as substances, energy, noise radiation or waste, including radioactive waste, emissions, discharges and other releases, reports on the implementation of environmental legislation and cost benefit and other economic analysis used in environmental decision making.
The Scottish Information Commissioner
FOI law in Scotland is promoted and enforced by the Scottish Information Commissioner (OSIC)
The Commissioner's remit is limited to FOI matters and to Scottish public authorities, as defined by Section 3 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Enquiries relating to the Data Protection Act 2018 should be directed to the Information Commissioner (ICO).
