Information

GUIDE TO INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MODEL PUBLICATION SCHEME 2013

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) requires Scottish public authorities to adopt and maintain a publication scheme.

Authorities are under a legal obligation to: 

  • publish the classes of information that they make routinely available 

  • tell the public how to access the information they publish and whether information is available free of charge or on payment 

 The Scottish Prison Service has adopted the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Model Publication Scheme as updated in March 2021. Additional information including a definition of each class is available in the Model Publication Scheme Guide to Information.

The classes of information that we publish

We publish information that we hold within the following classes. Once information is published under a class we will continue to make it available for the current and previous two financial years.

Where information has been updated or superseded, only the current version will be available. If you would like to see previous versions, you may make a request to us for that information.


The Information We Publish 

  Information Class  

  How to Access  

SPS Chief Executive's Message
Class 1 Click Here

The SPS Board
Class 1 Click Here

SPS Headquarters
Class 1 Click Here

Corporate Services Directorate
Class 1 Click Here

Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement Directorate
Class 1 Click Here

Operations Directorate
Class 1 Click Here 

Scottish Prisons and Locations
Class 1 Click Here

Scottish Government Justice
Class 1 Click Here

Contact Us
Class 1 Click Here

Our Vision
Class 2 Click Here

Our Mission
Class 2
Click Here

Prison and Young Offenders Institution (Scotland) Rules 2011
Class 2
Click Here 

Prison and Young Offenders Institution (Scotland) Rules (Amendment) 2011
Class 2 Click Here

Guide to the Prisons and Young Offenders Institution (Scotland) Rules 2011
Class 2
Click Here

Directions to Prison Rules 2011
Class 2 Click Here

Providing Information to Victims of Crime
Class 2
Click Here

Information Provided under the Victim Notification Scheme
Class 2 Click Here

SPS Annual Report
Classes 2, 3, 4 and 5 Click Here

SPS Delivery Plan
Class 2
Click Here

SPS Corporate Plan
Class 2
Click Here

Board Minutes
Class 3
Click Here

SPS Expenditure Reports
Class 4 Click Here

SPS Policies
Class 5
Click Here

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) Requests and Responses
   
Class 5
Click Here

Research Documents
Class 5
Click Here

Contracts
Class 6
Click Here

Procurement Policy
Class 6  Click Here

Prisoner Escort Statistics
Class 6 Click Here

Inspection Reports
Class 7
Click Here