Gateway Review 2031 Census information: FOI release

Information requested

On 20 November 2025, the Scottish Government released a list of the Gateway Reviews completed in calendar years 2024 and 2025.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202500480983/

Please supply all items of information in the Gateway Review completed in 2025 on the '2031 Census' which is named on this list.

In order to fulfil this request as cheaply and efficiently as possible, it is suggested that copies of original files are released in PDF format. I understand there may be a charge for this information.

Response

Gate Reviews are conducted for the Scottish Government and associated public sector organisations to help support the successful delivery of projects by ensuring that good programme and project management practice is being used, that key risks are actively managed and to identify any learning points for better practice. The reports contain only a snapshot of the project at a particular point in time.

An exemption under Section 38(1)(b)(personal information) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested because it is the personal data of a third party. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance a small amount of information, i.e. names of junior Scottish Government officials and employees of other organisations, have been redacted from the report. This exemption applies because disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. Accordingly, some information within the attached documents has been redacted.

Attached is the June 2025 Gateway Report for '2031 Census'.

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FOI 202500495004 - Information released - Gateway Report

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