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Where information has been updated or superseded, only the current version will be available.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