Breakdown of websites accessed by Scottish Government staff: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

For the year 2020 and for January and February 2021 (up to the date of this request), please provide the number of times each of the following websites were accessed by Scottish Government staff.

1. telegraph.co.uk
2. heraldscotland.com
3. thescottishsun.co.uk
4. dailymail.co.uk
5. theguardian.com
6. dailyrecord.co.uk
7. scotsman.com
8. sundaypost.com
9. wingsoverscotland.com
10. bellacaledonia.org.uk

Response

Below is a copy of some of the information requested. 

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. Please note the time periods you have requested for each of the above listed websites cannot be fully provided. The Scottish Government's policy is to retain logs of web access for six months only. Therefore the data contained in the below table details the number of times each website of the listed websites were accessed by Scottish Government staff between the dates of 15th September 2020 and 16th March 2021.

Website

Number of Time Accessed

telegraph.co.uk

9742

heraldscotland.com

19856

thescottishsun.co.uk

14210

dailymail.co.uk

27086

theguardian.com

15711

dailyrecord.co.uk

11650

scotsman.com

18807

sundaypost.com

1363

wingsoverscotland.com

2293

bellacaledonia.org.uk

537


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