Publication - FOI/EIR release

Money made from selling survey data: FOI release

Published: 21 August 2025
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500476001
Date received: 14 July 2025
Date responded: 7 August 2025

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

Information requested

How much money has the Scottish Government made from selling data, i.e. survey data in each of the last five years, with a breakdown of where the money came from?

Response

The answer to your question is that the Scottish Government has not made any money from selling survey data in any of the last five years.

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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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