Publication - FOI/EIR release

Charges for Subject Access Requests: FOI release

Published: 4 September 2025
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500471239
Date received: 17 June 2025
Date responded: 20 June 2025

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

Information requested

You asked for:

Please can you provide the total of all £10 charges applied to those requesting a subject access request

Pre COVID

Post COVID

And particularly In 2020

Response

The answer to your question is zero. The Scottish Government do not apply a charge to those making a subject access request.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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