Publication - Consultation paper

Care home and 'care at home' service providers - FOISA extension: consultation - easy read version

Published: 5 January 2026
From: Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, +2 more … Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate, +2 more … Children and Families Directorate, Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Children and families, Communities and third sector, +4 more … Constitution and democracy, Equality and rights, Health and social care, Public sector
ISBN: 9781806436309

Easy read version of our consultation asking whether Freedom of Information (FOISA) laws should apply to care home and care at home services run by private businesses and charities.

Open
76 days to respond
Respond online

Closes: 30 March 2026

Supporting documents

Helping people with the changes

Changes to Freedom of Information laws would mean new duties for care services. They would also give people who use care services new rights to access information about those services.

Anyone who wanted more information about a care home or care at home service would have the right to ask for it.

We are looking at the best ways to make this work. We are thinking about how this would affect Data Protection laws.

Data protection law says how organisations collect, use and store your personal information.

Question 7: How can we help service providers follow Freedom of Information laws? Please give us your thoughts below

Question 8: How can we help service users to access their Freedom of Information rights? Please give us your thoughts below:

Question 9: What kind of information about care home and ‘care at home’ services would people want most? Please provide your thoughts below:

Contact

Email: foiconsultation@gov.scot

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