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The Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) 2002 (FOI) enable any person to obtain information from Scottish public authorities.

Public authorities must allow access to the following information:

- the provision, cost and standard of its service
- factual information on decision-making
- the reasons for decisions made

This legal right of access includes all types of ‘recorded’ information of any date held by Scottish public authorities. From 1st January 2005 any person who makes a request for information must be provided with it, subject to certain conditions.

The Act also places an obligation on all Scottish public authorities to adopt and maintain a 'Publication Scheme' and, on 27 February 2007, Culture and Sport Glasgow submitted its own Publication Scheme to the Scottish Information Commissioner describing the classes of information which the Company publishes or intends to publish, how it does so, and any fees associated with these publications.

Culture and Sport Glasgow Publication Scheme (PDF, 117kb, 28pp)

The Scheme is available in portable document format. To view this document you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This Reader can be freely downloaded from the Adobe web site.

Culture and Sport Glasgow and FOI

It has always been Culture and Sport Glasgow's policy to be open and accountable in respect of its approach to policy formulation and delivery of services.

In this respect, operation of the FOI regime reinforces the current approach through the introduction of a formal process for providing information which is not routinely made available.

Finding Information

It is important to know that Culture and Sport Glasgow already places a large amount of information in public buildings such as Libraries. A useful way of obtaining information about the Company can be a visit to Glasgow Public Libraries (either to The Mitchell or to a local community library).

In addition, a considerable amount of information about the Company's services and activities (including the Publication Scheme) is published on the website. When seeking information about the Company, please make full use of this website, to find out whether the information you are looking for is already available on-line. You can search the website through the on-screen navigation headings, or by using the ‘Search’ facility.

Internet facilities are provided at all Culture and Sport Glasgow Public Libraries and Real Learning Centres.

Making a Request

If you are unable to find the information by these means, Culture and Sport Glasgow is happy to assist you through its Freedom of Information Service.

For information on how to use the service, and what it involves, see Making a Freedom of Information Request

But, please remember, if the information you require has already been made available to the public in other ways, the Company will normally refer you back to that source.

Useful links

Scottish Government Freedom of Information

Scottish Information Commissioner

Please note that Culture and Sport Glasgow is not responsible for the content of external websites.

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