List of organisations with access to shared network: FOI release
- Published
- 25 August 2026
- Directorate
- Corporate Operations Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector, Work and skills
- FOI reference
- FOI/202600516239
- Date received
- 7 May 2026
- Date responded
- 19 May 2026
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and with reference to your response to FOI 202600507227, dated 09 MARCH 2026, (in which you stated that the access figures “relate to a computer network that can be accessed by people employed by nearly 50 different public sector organisations, not just the Scottish Government”), please provide:
A complete list of the names of all organisations (including any Scottish Government directorates or divisions) that had access to, or used, this shared computer network during the period 1 September 2025 to 28 February 2026.
If a precise list for that exact period is not held, please provide the most recent list of organisations connected to or authorised to use the shared network (e.g. via SWAN or the iTECS-managed infrastructure) and the approximate number of users or devices per organisation where this information is held.
Please provide the information in tabular form if possible.
Response
A list of all organisations that had access to, or used, this shared computer network during your requested period doesn't exist. Please find below a copy of our most up to date list of all organisations that have access or use the shared network below.
Please find the below list for core Scottish Government, approximately 10,392 users.
|
Core Scottish Government |
Status |
|
DG Communities |
Current |
|
DG Corporate |
Current |
|
DG Economy |
Current |
|
DG Education & Justice |
Current |
|
DG Health & Social Care |
Current |
|
DG Net Zero |
Current |
|
DG Scottish Exchequer Strategy & Performance |
Current |
External Agencies:
|
Shared Service Customers |
Status |
Staff Count |
|
Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) |
Current |
124 |
|
British Irish Council (BIC) |
Current |
6 |
|
Care Inspectorate |
Current |
2 |
|
Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland (CYPCS) |
On-Boarding |
18 |
|
Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) |
Current |
114 |
|
Community Justice Scotland (CJS) |
Current |
45 |
|
Consumer Scotland |
Current |
39 |
|
Court of Lord Lyon |
Current |
6 |
|
Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal (COPFS) |
Current |
1 |
|
Disclosure Scotland (DS) |
Current |
451 |
|
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry (ETI) |
Off-Boarding |
3 |
|
Education Scotland |
Current |
399 |
|
Eljamel Independent Clinical Review |
Current |
3 |
|
Eljamel Public Inquiry |
Current |
12 |
|
Emma Caldwell Inquiry (ECI) |
Current |
28 |
|
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) |
Current |
27 |
|
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) |
Current |
319 |
|
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) |
Current |
1,132 |
|
His Majesties Inspector of Education (HMIE) |
On-Boarding |
108 |
|
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland (HMIPS) |
Current |
13 |
|
HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland |
Current |
16 |
|
Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILFS) |
Current |
83 |
|
Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland |
Current |
5 |
|
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS) |
Current |
13 |
|
National Records of Scotland (NRS) |
Current |
434 |
|
National Social Work Agency (NSWA) |
On-Boarding |
28 |
|
NatureScot |
Current |
3 |
|
Office of the Advocate General (OAG) |
Off-Boarding |
48 |
|
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) |
Current |
1 |
|
Parole Board for Scotland (PBS) |
Current |
74 |
|
Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) |
Current |
95 |
|
Poverty and Inequality Commission for Scotland |
Current |
4 |
|
Redress Scotland |
Current |
84 |
|
Registers of Scotland (RoS) |
Current |
2 |
|
Revenue Scotland |
Current |
117 |
|
Risk Management Authority (RMA) |
Current |
31 |
|
Scotland Office (SO) |
Off-Boarding |
32 |
|
Scottish Boundary Commissions |
Current |
7 |
|
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) |
Current |
114 |
|
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) |
Current |
491 |
|
Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) |
Current |
5 |
|
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) |
Current |
2 |
|
Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry |
Current |
156 |
|
Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) |
Current |
28 |
|
Scottish Food Commission |
On-Boarding |
26 |
|
Scottish Forestry (SF) |
Current |
246 |
|
Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel (SFPAP) |
Current |
3 |
|
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry |
Current |
59 |
|
Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) |
Current |
58 |
|
Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) |
Current |
22 |
|
Scottish Law Commission (SLC) |
Current |
17 |
|
Scottish Parliament |
Current |
1 |
|
Scottish Pub Code Adjudicator (SPCA) |
Current |
6 |
|
Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) |
Current |
393 |
|
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) |
Current |
87 |
|
Scottish Road Works Commissioner (SRWC) |
Current |
7 |
|
Sheku Bayoh (Death in Custody) Inquiry |
Current |
43 |
|
Social Security Scotland (SSS) |
Current |
4,547 |
|
Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) |
Current |
265 |
|
Transport Scotland (TS) |
Current |
672 |
|
Volunteer Scotland Disclosure Services (VSDS) |
Current |
14 |
|
Approx Users |
11,189 |
|
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