Social Security Scotland - Flexible Working Policy and system error records: FOI release
- Published
- 7 July 2026
- Topic
- Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202600514693
- Date received
- 10 April 2026
- Date responded
- 11 May 2026
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
1. A copy of the Flexible Working Policy and any associated guidance in force during the relevant period.
2. Any communications or records relating to system errors, including - Oracle updates from February 2025 till March 2026 .
Response
Please find attached the below documents;
- Flexible Working Hours Policy
- Flexible Working Guidance
- Oracle Emails
- Oracle Communications
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in 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.
Information that does not fall within the scope of your request has been redacted, where appropriate.
About FOI
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- File type
- File size
- 12.5 MB
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