Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act came fully into force on 1st January 2005. The Scottish Information Commissioner is responsible for enforcing the Act.

The Act has three main strands: individual requests, the publication scheme, and records management.

Two different freedom of information acts came into force on 1 January 2005. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, with which the University is concerned, and the UK Freedom of Information Act 2000, which applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This page describes how the University calculates the fee for answering requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.