Information relating to website viewings by Scottish Government computers: FOI release
- Published
- 1 March 2021
- Directorate
- Digital Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202000128030
- Date received
- 19 December 2020
- Date responded
- 26 January 2021
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
You asked for how many times have the following websites been viewed from Scottish Government computers in the period from 01/06/2020 until the 01/12/2020:
1. http://www.ihysdb.com/
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland
3. https://sourcenews.scot/
4. https://www.scotlandinunion.co.uk/
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information for part of the time period requested. Please note the Scottish Government's policy is to retain logs of web access for six months. There the data below is the number of instances the websites have been visited between the dates of 15th July 2020 and 13th January
2021.
| Web Site | Total Number Hits |
| ihysdb.com | 1 |
| scotlandinunion.co.uk | 16 |
| sourcenews.scot | 632 |
| bbc.co.uk/news/scotland | 12,880,146 |
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Contact
Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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