Publication - FOI/EIR release

Scottish Land Matching Service inquiries: EIR release

Published: 11 February 2026
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural, Public sector
FOI reference: EIR/202500493536
Date received: 12 November 2025
Date responded: 27 November 2025

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

Information requested

You asked for:

Please could I request the following information –

(1) For an update on how many inquiries the Scottish Land Matching Service has received to date?

(2) How many of those inquiries have been matched?

Response

The answer to your questions are:

(1) 1,732 enquiries have been received to date (as of 24 November 2025).

(2) 70 have been formally matched (as of 24 November 2025).

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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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