Freedom+of+Information+(Scotland)+Act

What is it?
Gives everyone the right to receive information from Scottish public authorities.Anyone who requests information about public and local authorities is entitled to receive whatever has been recorded.

The act covers the following bodies:  The following type of information must be made available on request:  [|The FOISA website] explains more about the act and contains information about requests which have been made.
 * all Scottish public authorities including the Scottish Executive
 * the Scottish parliament
 * local authorities (including schools)
 * NHS Scotland
 * universities and FE colleges
 * the police
 * the provision, cost and standard of their service
 * factual information
 * decision making
 * the reasons for decisions made