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Freedom of Information (FOI)/Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) Releases - 2019

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Freedom of Information (FOI)/Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) Releases - 2019

Please find previous responses to FOI/EIR requests below:

December

FOI/19/02182 – Request for information on Procurement strategies in the Public Sector (356 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02427 – Access to closed court records (JC26/1947/10, JC36/183, AD15/47/28) (351 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02553 – Access to closed court records (JC34/1/32/10, JC34/1/32/13, JC34/1/32/16, JC34/1/32/22, JC34/1/32/23, JC34/1/32/40) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02550 – Access to closed court record (SC64/43A/34) (239 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02446 – Access to closed court records (JC26/1952 and JC34/3/290) (345 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02600 – Request for information relating to family history research (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02601 – Request for information relating to family history research (339 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02450 – Access to closed court records (JC26/1970/226, JC36/421, JC34/16/137, CS258/1972/6360, CS258/1974/7787, CS258/1982/17243) (347 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02597 – Access to closed Sheriff Court case (SC35/14a/1926/26) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02532 – Access to criminal case file (HH16/553) (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02541 – Access to closed court record (CS258/1981/3575) (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02644 – Access to closed court record (CS257/2106) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02607 – Request for information on number of users of NRS archival resources (356 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02561 – Access to closed divorce records (CS258/1960/2543 and CS258/1962/3159) (342 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02606 – Request for information on communication and telephony system used by NRS (345 KB PDF)

November

FOI/19/02296 – Access to Fatal Accident Inquiry record (SC39/66/98) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02347 – Access to 1934 Court of Session record (CS257/3851) (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02299 – Access to closed criminal case file (HH16/548) (341 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02322 – Access to closed divorce record (CS255/1459) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02363 – Access to closed Court of Session action (CS251/1928) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02321 – Access to closed court and prison records (SC36/56/170, SC37/55/15/1937/2, HH21/70/70, HH21/70/76, HH21/32/91) (360 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02336 – Access to 1949 Aberdeen court and prison records (SC1/55/38, SC1/55/39, HH21/66/30) (348 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02399 – Access to Criminal Lunatics Register for 1888 to 1892 (HH18/170) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02393 – Access to closed court and prison records (SC45/38/10, HH21/33/25) (378 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02484 – Access to 1921 Glasgow Sheriff Court record (SC36/57/4) (346 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02407 – Access to 1935 court record (SC37/8A/1935/265) (341 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02428 – Access to closed court records (JC26/125/14, JC36/49, AD15/25/35) (351 KB PDF)

October

FOI/19/02165 – Request for information relating to family history research (347 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02166 – Request for information relating to family history research (242 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02242 – Access to closed divorce record, 1918 (CS255/1161) (239 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02021 – Access to closed prison records from 1930 to 1968 (HH21/70/65 - 96, HH21/52/4, HH21/65/5, HH21/71/9) (399 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02027 – Access to file on Gaelic Language (ED61/233) (341 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02128 – Request for data users of sex question in Scottish Census 2021 (350 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02023 – Access to closed prison and court records (HH21/33/28, HH21/73/3, JC26/1991/243, JC34/55/121) (351 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02110 – Access to closed court and prison records (JC26/1928/76, HH21/26/1 and HH21/32/141) (353 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02127 – Correspondence between NRS and Equality Network/Scottish Trans Alliance (464 KB PDF) and attachment (8.92 MB PDF)

FOI/19/02094 – Access to Court of Session petition (CS258/1989/P257) (354 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02180 – Access to Court of Session record (CS46/1991/1524) (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02205 – Access to Glasgow Sheriff Court record (SC36/9A/1936/67) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02194 – Access to Court of Session record (CS258/1992/4088) (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02191 – Access to Court of Session records (CS45/1264, CS254/3826 and CS258/7348) (341 KB PDF)

September

FOI/19/01868 – Access to closed prison records (HH16/386/1, HH16/286/2 and HH16/387) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01890 – Access to Glasgow Sheriff Court record (SC36/9A/1919/56) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01901 – Access to closed prison files (HH16/364/1 – 6) (341 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01963 – Request for information on 2021 Census consultation on sex and gender identity transgender status questions (365 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02064 – Access to closed divorce record (CS46/1919/3/16) (239 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01906 – Access to closed court files (JC68/18, JC26/1990/96 and JC34/53/193) (345 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01970 – Access to Glasgow Sheriff Court record (SC36/9A/1919/30) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02056 – Request for information relating to family history research (444 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02035 – Access to closed divorce record (CS258/38332) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/02090 – Access to closed divorce record (CS46/1963/938) (239KB PDF)

FOI/19/02028 – Request for information on Fort William Sheriff Court records (239 KB PDF)

August

FOI/19/01822 - Request for information on NRS car parking spaces and staff travel (241 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01826 - Request for data on number of deaths due to Muscular Dystrophy from 2004 to 2018 (339 KB PDF) and attachment (23 KB XLSX)

FOI/19/01745 - Access to Forfar Sheriff Court case 1940 (SC47/25/1940/2) (338 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01569 - Access to closed Sheriff court records between 1931 and 1944 (SC45/38/6,7,9,10 and 12) (356 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01603 - Access to closed court and prison records 1945 (SC36/56/187, HH21/70/138 and HH21/70/78) (352 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01887 - Access to closed prison record 1935 (HH21/32/88) (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01725 - Request for information on CH3 records viewable on the FamilySearch website (347 KB PDF)
FOI/19/01683 - Access to closed High Court records (JC26/1996/1284, JC26/1997/231, JC34/1997/455 and JC69/183) (245 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01821 - Access to closed divorce record (CS258/1975/8376) (340 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01813 - Access to closed divorce record (CS46/1947/7/41)  (240 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01744 - Access to closed court records (JC34/12/227, JC26/1970/310, SC15/10/1977/3 and CS258/1981/2393) (345 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01772 - Access to closed Aberdeen High Court papers (JC26/2004/554, JC34/2003/438, AD37/2004/89/4, AD38/14/2004/25/1) (362 KB PDF)

July

FOI/19/01427 - Access to closed divorce papers (CS253/4898) (204 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01349 - Access to a case tried at Dunfermline Sheriff Court 1985 (SC21/22/27 pages 296-304 and 329-350) (308 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01361 - Access to High court case 1990 (JC26/1990/807 and JC69/52 pages 71-80 & 83-84) (311 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01527 - Request for information regarding imprisonment in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison (HH21/71/1 pages 2-3) (313 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01551 - Access to closed divorce papers (CS258/17384) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01610 - Request for information relating to Digital preservation policy and practice (407 KB PDF)

June

FOI/19/01103 - Access to closed High Court records 1995 (AD15/95/98 JC68/37 and JC69/131) (318 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01192 - Access to closed court record 1993 (JC26/1983/234 and JC13/210) (310 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00608 - Access to closed divorce records (CS258/21538 and CS258/40053) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01405 - Information on all contracts awarded under the expired Framework Agreement (318 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01206 - Access to Aberdeen High Court records 1968 (JC26/1968/32 and JC36/382) (309 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01217 - Access to Aberdeen Sheriff Court record (SC1/11A/134/1) (309 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01372 - Request for information regarding imprisonment between 1945 to 1977 (410 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01310 - Access to High Court records (JC26/1938/22 JC34/1/286 and JC15/49) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01482 - Access to decision made by Court of Session 1946 (CS258/26521) (379 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01297 - Request to access files concerning Scotland’s Education policies (NRS ref SC12/8/1-3 NRS ref ED14/569) (311 KB PDF)

May

FOI/19/00905 - Request for information on the Standards in Scotland Schools Bill (ED51/8/746) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00516 - Access to criminal case files (JC26/1996/144 and AD15/93/1015) (312 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01021 - Access to closed Court of Session case 1962 (CS46/1962/1307) (205 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01140 - Access to criminal case files (SC49/42/17 and HH21/47/39) (317 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01100 - Access to closed court record 1937 (CS46/1937/11/78) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01320 - Access to Edinburgh Sheriff Court record (SC39/17/1986/19) (204 KB PDF)

April

FOI/19/00811 - Information on number of cyber attacks on National Records of Scotland 2014-2018 (206 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00607 - Access to closed High Court records (AD15/20/25 and JC26/1920/111) (313 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00608 - Access to closed divorce records (CS258/21538 and CS258/40053) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00610 - Access to Glasgow Sheriff Court record 1934 (SC36/56/165) (204 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00988 - Request for information relating to family history research (315 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00653 - Access to closed divorce record (CS46/1941/4/19) (204 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00578 - Access to closed divorce record (CS258/1965/150) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00827 - Access to closed divorce record 1965 (CS258/1965/2840) (204 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00749 - Access to High Court records 1994 (AD38/34/994/2/1, AD15/94/741 and JC26/1994/732) (314 KB PDF)

FOI/19/01101 - Number of deaths of people with no fixed address recorded in Scotland from 2009 to 2017 (305 KB PDF) and attachment (12 KB XLSX)

FOI/19/00826 - Request for information related to Caledonian Humanist Association (CHA) 2017- present (310 KB PDF) and attachment 1 (7.7 MB PDF), attachment 2 (3.9 MB PDF), attachment 3 (2.2 MB PDF), attachment 4  (3.3 MB PDF), attachment 5 (1.3 MB PDF), attachment 6 (293 KB PDF), attachment 7 (3.2 MB PDF),

FOI/19/00982 - Information on contracts awarded under the Scottish Government Provision of Temporary and Interim Staff Services (491 KB PDF)

March

FOI/19/00054 - Access to information relating to the 1967 Fatal Accident Inquiry record (SC36/30/1967/39) (206 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00267 - Access to closed divorce record (CS255/1658) (205 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03799 - Information relating to consultation on 2021 Census and Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (354 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00333 - Access to High Court record 1988 (JC26/1988/721) (308 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00364 - Access to closed divorce record 1936 (CS258/2337) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00343 - Access to Glasgow High Court records (AD37/1999/14/19, JC26/1999/639 and JC74/425) (318 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00353 - Access to Criminal case files (HH21/71/42, SC39/68/26, SC36/66/120) (314 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00444 - Access to closed Sheriff court record 1952 (SC58/52/20 no 118) (208 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00332 - Access to closed divorce record (CS258/1982/2038) (310 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00407 - Access to Barlinnie Prison records 1905-1914 (HH87/1 and HH87/2) (305 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00345 – Access to closed 1922 Peterhead prison record (HH21/26/1 pages 13a and 13b) (340 KB PDF) with Attachment 1 (1.85MB JPG) and Attachment 2 (1.8MB JPG)

FOI/19/00344 - Access to closed divorce records (CS258/1963/54/40434456 and 58) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00429 - Access to High Court papers 1923 (JC26/1923/12, JC36/43 and AD15/23/71) (313 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00470 - Access to Sheriff Court record 1938 (JC26/1938/71) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00687 - Request for data on number of people in Scotland who died from Sudden Cardiac Death (SDC) (205 KB PDF) and attachment (13 KB XLSX)

FOI/19/00596 - Access to criminal case files (AD15/19/21 and JC26/1919/93) (312 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00515 - Request for Index to Signature of the Penrose Inquiry (303 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00306 - Access to Banff Sheriff Court record 1942 (SC2/10/42 bundle 49) (205 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00537 - Access to High Court record 1940 (JC26/1940/25) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00574 - Access to Linlithgow Sheriff Court records between 1948-1949 (SC41/8/104 bundle 27) (304 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00595 - Access to High Court record 1935 (JC26/1935/45) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00812 - Access to Criminal case files 1973 (JC26/1973/309 and HH21/71/16) (312 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00816 - Request for information related to gender-sex question in 1991 and 2001 Census (312 KB PDF)

February

FOI/18/03609 - Access to closed divorce record, 1959 (CS258/1959/6192) (220 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03424 - Request for additional information related to gender-sex question in 2011 and 2021 Census (415 KB PDF) and attachment (1.8 MB PDF)

FOI/19/00323 - Request for data on the number of Romanian citizens in Scotland (319 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03542 - Access to the Court of Session records (CS348/2007/7368) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00006 - Access to the trial records of James Woolley (JC26/1920/102 and AD15/20/4)(311 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00166 - Information on forfeit credits on the ScotlandsPeople website (312 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00170 - Access to divorce and criminal case files ((CS46/1942/12/28 and SC36/56/192 (pages 180a,180b,651,697,698)) (309 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00143 - Access to Sheriff Court records, 1929 (SC35/7/9 page 336) (204 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00169 - Access to the High Court records, 1927 (AD15/27/39 and JC26/1927/45) (312 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00171 - Access to closed divorce record, 1964 (CS258/1964/2430) (309 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00210 - Access to criminal indictments (209 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00232 - Access to criminal case file, 1939 (HH21/70/72 page 2) (312 KB PDF)

FOI/19/00414 - Number of suicides in Scotland from 2012 to 2019 (305 KB PDF) and attachment (20 KB XLSX)

January

FOI/18/03641 - Access to Hamilton Sheriff Court records ((SC37/55/17 (part 64)) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03655 - Access to High Court records (AD15/20/33 and JC26/1920/118) (313 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03661- Access to divorce and court records ((CS258/3556 and SC39/99/107 (vol. entry 1801-1940)) (205 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03656 - Access to closed divorce record, 1963 (CS258/1963/54) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03787 - Access to Banff Sheriff Court case (SC2/9/533, item 9) (204 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03716 - Access to criminal case file (HH16/212) (319 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03717 - Access to criminal case file (HH16/429) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03728 - Access to criminal case file (HH16/1) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03731 - Access to Kilmarnock High Court records (JC26/1991/243) (307 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03761 - Access to criminal case file (SC14/46/5) (321 KB PDF)

FOI/18/03767 - Access to Edinburgh High Court records, 1923 (AD15/23/13 JC26/1923/37 and RHP140164-5) (314 KB PDF)

 

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