Copies of multiple Scottish housing, Social Security and pension reports: FOI release

Information requested

I am looking for some Scottish reports but I am unable to find them online. Please can you help?

Response

In your correspondence you have asked for a number of different Scottish Government reports. The majority of reports requested, with the exception of Report 2, Report 11 and Report 12, are already available online and the links of where to find these have been shared with you. For some of the reports requested, no date was specified and therefore in such instances this request has been interpreted as the most recent report available. I enclose our response below each request.

1. Response to Scottish Commission on Social Security’s Scrutiny Report on the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022.

The full exchange between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Commission on Social Security in relation to these Regulations can be found here: The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 - Scottish Commission on Social Security
(socialsecuritycommission.scot).

2. Report to the Scottish Parliament on Orders regulating the management of Shellfisheries under the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967.

As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

Our response to this specific request will therefore be provided under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs) due to the content of the report being of an environmental nature.

I attach a copy of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 report to the Scottish Parliament for the year ending 31 December 2020. This is the latest report we held on the date of this request (08 November 2023).

The annual report on Regulating and Several Orders for 2021-2023 was submitted to Parliament on 20 November 2023, after your request was received. However, under our regulation 9 duty to provide advice and assistance under the EIRs, we are also attaching a copy of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 report to the Scottish Parliament for the year ending 31 December 2023.

3. Statement of Reasons: The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022.

The Scottish Government did not publish a statement of reasons in relation to the Social Security (Uprating) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022. However, under the terms of section 86A of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, Scottish Ministers are obliged to report each financial year on their assessment of the effects of inflation on most social security rates. This report underpins the later regulations. It was published 09 December 2021 and can be found here: Social Security assistance - effects of inflation: report 2021-2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Please note that this report predates the change in up-rating policy for 2022-23 which is set out in correspondence with the Scottish Commission on Social Security.

4. Report to the Scottish Parliament in respect of changes to The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland).

I attach the latest copy of the report we held on the date of this request 08 November 2023.

5. Response to Scottish Commission on Social Security’s Scrutiny Report on the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Transitional Provisions and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2022.

The Scottish Government response to the Scottish Commission on Social Security’s Scrutiny Report on Disability Assistance for Working Age People regulations can be found here: Scottish Gov response – DAWAP Regs 2022 - Scottish Commission on Social Security (socialsecuritycommission.scot).

6. Statement: Scottish Canals: Fees of Chair and Board Members.

These details are available within the public domain within the remuneration report of the Scottish Canals Annual Report and Accounts: Scottish Canals | Annual Reports and Accounts and the requester can contact Scottish Canals directly if they require any further information by emailing freedomofinformation@scottishcanals.co.uk.

7. Scottish Housing Regulator - National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter 2021/2022.

This report is available within the public domain and can be accessed via: National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter - Headline Findings - 2021 -2022 | Scottish Housing Regulator.

8. Scottish Housing Regulator - Annual Performance Report & Accounts 2021/22.

This report is available in the public domain and can be accessed via the following link: Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 | Scottish Housing Regulator.

9. The Scottish Ministers response to the Scottish Commission on Social Security report on the draft Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (Social Security).

The full exchange between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Commission on Social Security in relation to these Regulations is also publicly available and can be found here: Scottish Government’s response to SCoSS’s scrutiny report on the Best Start Foods, Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 - Scottish Commission on Social Security (socialsecuritycommission.scot).

10. Heat in Buildings Strategy: 2022 update.

This report is available within the public domain and can be accessed via the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/heat-in-buildings-strategy-2022-update/.

11. David MacBrayne HR (UK) Limited Directors’ Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 17(1) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below.

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because we don’t hold information on the financial statements for David MacBrayne HR (UK) Limited Directors Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31 March 2022.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

However, you may find it helpful to look for further information in relation to this here: David MacByrne HR (UK) Limited: DML Annual Rep Fully Signed small TS.pdf (david-macbrayne.co.uk).

12. Argyll Ferries Limited Directors' Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 17(1) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below.

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because we don’t hold information on the financial statements for Argyll Ferries Limited Directors Report.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. However, you may find it helpful to look for further information in relation to this here: Argyll Ferries Limited: ARGYLL FERRIES LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK (company-information.service.gov.uk).

13. Changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council's international registration legislation - Consultation response.

This is a four-country consultation response published by the UK Government. The response is available within the public domain and can be accessed via the following link: Changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council's international registration legislation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

14. British Wool Marketing Board, Report on the BWMB Agricultural Marketing Scheme 2021-22.

This report is available within the public domain and can be accessed via the following link: British Wool Report & Accounts 2022 spreads.pdf

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