FOI Tracker

Freedom of Information & data gaps

Download ready-to-send FOISA request packs for Glasgow (money trail + wards). Modelled figures were removed — these requests fill blanks with verified data only.

Downloadable FOI request pack — Glasgow

28 ready-to-send letters · 5 critical · 12 high · 18 money · 10 wards. Each file is Markdown you can open, print, or paste from.

Glasgow money FOIs

How to use: open the downloaded .md file → copy one request body → send via the council FOI channel or publish on WhatDoTheyKnow → log the reference here when submitted. Replace [Your name] before sending.

Individual letters (copy or download)

critical
Money — budget & cost centresm1
Full cost-centre budget and outturn for Corporate residual, NRS residual, and Social Work commissioning
Glasgow City Council
critical
Money — budget & cost centrespack-cost-centres
Cost-centre budget & outturn dump (priority residual services)
Glasgow City Council
critical
Money — payment registergm9
Payment / creditor register (invoice-level spend above threshold) — CSV for last 3 years
Glasgow City Council
critical
Money — procurement & suppliersgm2
Full top-50 suppliers by spend with contract refs (complete CSV)
Glasgow City Council
critical
Money — procurement & supplierspack-top50
Top 50 suppliers by spend with contract references
Glasgow City Council
high
Council financesm2
Published prior-year CIES comparable lines and latest accounts when available — not estimates
Glasgow City Council
high
Crime, safety & justicecr2
Antisocial behaviour incidents / calls by ward
Police Scotland or Glasgow City Council
high
Health & wellbeinghe1
Premature mortality / deaths under 75 by ward or intermediate zone
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde / NRS / ScotPHO
high
Money — accounts, HRA & reserveshra1
HRA ring-fence statement
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — accounts, HRA & reserveshra2
Earmarked reserves schedule
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — ALEOs & related partiesgm1
Complete ALEO / group entity register with latest turnover for all material entities
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — ALEOs & related partiesgm3
Related-party payment flows by service area and year (City Building + others)
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — budget & cost centresgm5
Savings proposals delivery status 2023/24–2025/26 by service
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — budget & cost centresbr1
Corporate / residual cost centres
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — budget & cost centresbr2
Social Work commissioning residual
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — budget & cost centresbr3
NRS residual after published service lines
Glasgow City Council
high
Money — capital programmegm4
Capital programme project list with original vs revised budgets and slippage >6 months
Glasgow City Council
medium
Children, young people & educationc4
Youth work / positive destinations data by area
Glasgow City Council
medium
Community activityco2
Community Council contacts and current activity status
Glasgow City Council
medium
Environment & liveabilitye4
Parks and open space condition / maintenance spend by ward
Glasgow City Council
medium
Health & wellbeinghe3
Mental health prescribing or psychiatric admission rates by area
NHS GGC
medium
Health & wellbeinghe4
GP practice list sizes and vacancy rates serving each ward
NHS GGC
medium
Money — accounts, HRA & reservesgm6
HRA ring-fence summary and usable reserves by purpose
Glasgow City Council
medium
Money — audit recommendationsgm8
Internal audit high/medium recommendations open >12 months
Glasgow City Council
medium
Money — procurement & suppliersgm7
Contracts awarded without competition / retrospective approvals (sample years)
Glasgow City Council
medium
Transport & connectivityt1
Public transport accessibility scores or bus frequency by ward
Glasgow City Council / SPT
medium
Work & economyw2
Local employment / unemployment estimates by ward
Glasgow City Council
low
Transport & connectivityt2
Digital exclusion / broadband speed issues reported by ward
Glasgow City Council
Wishlist items
38
Have public source
8
e.g. Police MMW crime
Partial / mappable
5
Still need FOI
6
Critical open
3

Do these first (biggest impact)

Recommended priority order for ward-level FOIs.

01
critical
submitted
housing
Homelessness applications, temporary accommodation placements, and outcomes by ward (last 3 years)

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Highest impact for ward housing cards. Chase if already started.

02
critical
have public
crime
Recorded crime by crime group by ward (last 3 years)

Ask: Police Scotland · PUBLIC — MMW recorded crime already loaded (2019–2024). FOI only for finer subtypes or monthly.

Public substitute: Police Scotland multi-member ward recorded crime extracts (loaded on site).

03
high
partial
crime
Antisocial behaviour incidents / calls by ward

Ask: Police Scotland or Glasgow City Council · Police MMW includes ASB offences group; council CSAS/calls still FOI.

Public substitute: Police Scotland ‘Antisocial offences’ group by ward (partial).

04
high
submitted
housing
Social housing waiting list numbers by ward / letting area

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for both GCC stock and major RSL partners if held centrally.

05
high
submitted
housing
Damp, mould and disrepair complaints by ward (last 2 years)

Ask: Glasgow City Council · FOI for operational complaints still submitted. PUBLIC stock condition: SHCS 2022-24 Glasgow damp 4%, condensation 11%, disrepair 75% (city survey, not casework).

Public substitute: SHCS LA tables damp/condensation/disrepair

06
high
submitted
children
Free school meal entitlement % by school / catchment (mapped to wards)

Ask: Glasgow City Council · School-level often publishable; request catchment→ward mapping help.

07
high
submitted
children
Number of looked-after children by ward of origin

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Safeguarding sensitivity — totals by ward, not individuals.

08
high
submitted
environment
Fly-tipping reports and clearance times by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for last 24 months monthly if possible.

09
high
submitted
assets
Full list of council-owned community centres, halls, libraries, and their current condition / opening hours by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · LOADED 2026-08-04: named assets + ground counts from Community Asset Register for all 23 wards. Condition & opening hours still FOI.

Public substitute: GCC Community Asset Register CSV

10
high
submitted
community
List of groups currently receiving funding from Glasgow Communities Fund / Area Budgets, by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · PARTIAL: 15/23 wards loaded from public Area Partnership papers (2026-08-03). Still missing: Newlands/Auldburn, Cardonald, Pollokshields, Langside, Hillhead, Partick East/Kelvindale, East Centre, Shettleston.

11
high
submitted
health
Drug-related deaths and alcohol-related hospital admissions by ward/IZ

Ask: NHS GGC / National Records of Scotland · Small numbers may be suppressed — accept IZ or 3-year aggregates.

12
high
have public
work
Claimant count / Universal Credit by ward or data zone

Ask: Department for Work and Pensions (or via GCC) · DWP Stat-Xplore has data-zone UC — FOI only if ward roll-up not practical for us yet.

Public substitute: DWP Stat-Xplore Universal Credit by LSOA/data zone (map to wards).

Full FOI wishlist

38 items · filter by domain · download pack above for full letters

critical
have public
peoplep1
NRS mid-year population by multi-member ward (or IZ with ward mapping), latest year + 5-year change

Ask: NRS / Glasgow City Council · LOADED: NRS SAPE mid-2024 (2011 DZ) aggregated to 23 multi-member wards via DZ→ward lookup (2026-08-05). Mid-2023 also held. City total 650,300 matches UG profile. Prior: HSCP mid-2022.

high
have public
peoplep2
Census 2022 households, lone-parent, single-person, ethnicity and language by ward/IZ

Ask: NRS / Glasgow City Council · HAVE PUBLIC: UV404 tenure + UV116 household type + UV201 ethnicity + Main language 5-group (All People margin) all 23 wards (2026-08-05). Optional later: English skills proficiency table.

critical
have public
deprivationd1
SIMD overall and all domains rolled to Glasgow multi-member wards; % data zones in most deprived 20%

Ask: Scottish Government / Glasgow City Council · LOADED: SIMD 2020v2 DZ→ward population-weighted roll-up on site.

critical
have public
deprivationd2
Child poverty / children in low-income families rate by ward or IZ

Ask: DWP/HMRC / Glasgow City Council · LOADED 2026-08-03: DWP CiLIF Official Statistics FYE 2022–2025 (relative BHC + AHC ward tables). Scotland ward rates use mid-2022 population for FYE 2025.

high
have public
deprivationd3
Fuel poverty estimates by ward or intermediate zone

Ask: Scottish Government / Glasgow City Council · HAVE PUBLIC city-level: SHCS LA tables 2022-2024 — Glasgow fuel poverty 35%, extreme 16% (loaded 2026-08-05). No ward/IZ in SHCS. Ward split would need modelling or FOI (unlikely held).

critical
submitted
moneym1
Full cost-centre budget and outturn for Corporate residual, NRS residual, and Social Work commissioning (latest year) with top 20 suppliers per centre

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Replaces removed modelled cost-centre amounts on investigate department desk.

high
partial
moneym2
Published prior-year CIES comparable lines and latest accounts when available — not estimates

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Accounts multi-year on money trail from published documents. Contract register awards extract loaded 2026-08-04.

critical
submitted
housingh1
Homelessness applications, temporary accommodation placements, and outcomes by ward (last 3 years)

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Highest impact for ward housing cards. Chase if already started.

high
submitted
housingh2
Social housing waiting list numbers by ward / letting area

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for both GCC stock and major RSL partners if held centrally.

high
submitted
housingh3
Number of empty council / RSL properties by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Specify void categories if possible (management void, major works, etc.).

high
submitted
housingh4
Damp, mould and disrepair complaints by ward (last 2 years)

Ask: Glasgow City Council · FOI for operational complaints still submitted. PUBLIC stock condition: SHCS 2022-24 Glasgow damp 4%, condensation 11%, disrepair 75% (city survey, not casework).

medium
have public
housingh5
Overcrowding figures by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · HAVE PUBLIC: Census 2022 occupancy rating bedrooms −1 or less loaded all 23 wards (2026-08-05). FOI only if operational overcrowding flags still wanted.

high
partial
healthhe1
Premature mortality / deaths under 75 by ward or intermediate zone

Ask: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde / NRS / ScotPHO · PARTIAL: Understanding Glasgow 2026 neighbourhood LE + self-reported health loaded as pop-weighted ward best-fit (2026-08-05). ScotPHO IZ bulk download not practical via UI. Still want deaths under 75 / alcohol hospital if bulk CSV appears.

high
submitted
healthhe2
Drug-related deaths and alcohol-related hospital admissions by ward/IZ

Ask: NHS GGC / National Records of Scotland · Small numbers may be suppressed — accept IZ or 3-year aggregates.

medium
needed
healthhe3
Mental health prescribing or psychiatric admission rates by area

Ask: NHS GGC · Sensitive — request high-level rates only, no patient-level.

medium
needed
healthhe4
GP practice list sizes and vacancy rates serving each ward

Ask: NHS GGC · Practices span wards — ask for patient-weighted or practice-to-ward mapping.

high
submitted
childrenc1
Free school meal entitlement % by school / catchment (mapped to wards)

Ask: Glasgow City Council · School-level often publishable; request catchment→ward mapping help.

high
submitted
childrenc2
School attendance and exclusion rates by school

Ask: Glasgow City Council · May already publish some school stats — FOI gaps only.

high
submitted
childrenc3
Number of looked-after children by ward of origin

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Safeguarding sensitivity — totals by ward, not individuals.

medium
needed
childrenc4
Youth work / positive destinations data by area

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Include SDS positive destinations if held at area level.

critical
have public
crimecr1
Recorded crime by crime group by ward (last 3 years)

Ask: Police Scotland · PUBLIC — MMW recorded crime already loaded (2019–2024). FOI only for finer subtypes or monthly.

high
partial
crimecr2
Antisocial behaviour incidents / calls by ward

Ask: Police Scotland or Glasgow City Council · Police MMW includes ASB offences group; council CSAS/calls still FOI.

high
submitted
crimecr3
Domestic abuse incidents by ward

Ask: Police Scotland · Often restricted — ask for high-level annual counts or rates only.

medium
submitted
crimecr4
Fire incidents (deliberate + accidental) by ward

Ask: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service · SFRS may publish IRMP / station data — FOI for ward aggregation.

high
have public
workw1
Claimant count / Universal Credit by ward or data zone

Ask: Department for Work and Pensions (or via GCC) · DWP Stat-Xplore has data-zone UC — FOI only if ward roll-up not practical for us yet.

medium
needed
workw2
Local employment / unemployment estimates by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Modelled estimates acceptable if methodology disclosed.

high
submitted
environmente1
Fly-tipping reports and clearance times by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for last 24 months monthly if possible.

high
submitted
environmente2
Litter / cleansing complaints by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · CRM system categories help consistency.

medium
submitted
environmente3
Bulk uplift requests by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council

medium
needed
environmente4
Parks and open space condition / maintenance spend by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Spend may be by park asset not ward — accept asset list with locations.

medium
needed
transportt1
Public transport accessibility scores or bus frequency by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council / SPT · SPT may hold accessibility indices.

low
partial
transportt2
Digital exclusion / broadband speed issues reported by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ofcom coverage is public — FOI for complaint volumes only.

high
submitted
assetsa1
Full list of council-owned community centres, halls, libraries, and their current condition / opening hours by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · LOADED 2026-08-04: named assets + ground counts from Community Asset Register for all 23 wards. Condition & opening hours still FOI.

high
submitted
assetsa2
List of vacant or surplus council properties suitable for community use by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · LOADED city VDL extract (574 sites, ~781 ha). Ward join pending. Surplus property list still FOI.

medium
submitted
assetsa3
Community Asset Transfer applications and outcomes by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council

high
submitted
communityco1
List of groups currently receiving funding from Glasgow Communities Fund / Area Budgets, by ward

Ask: Glasgow City Council · PARTIAL: 15/23 wards loaded from public Area Partnership papers (2026-08-03). Still missing: Newlands/Auldburn, Cardonald, Pollokshields, Langside, Hillhead, Partick East/Kelvindale, East Centre, Shettleston.

medium
partial
communityco2
Community Council contacts and current activity status

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Some contacts already public — FOI for ‘active/inactive’ status if held.

critical
submitted
moneym3
Payment / creditor register (invoice-level) last 3 years

Ask: Glasgow City Council · Awards register loaded. Invoice payments still empty.

Live request tracker

24 logged · 22 open

CSS-GCC-2025-014
Response received
Glasgow City Council
City Building LLP — related party payments 2021–24

Breakdown of all payments to City Building (Glasgow) LLP and related entities, by year and service area.

Response received — related-party payment series mapped into Ownership tab and City Building ALEO notes. Full year-by-year service split still being transcribed into tables.

CSS-GCC-2025-021
Partial disclosure
Glasgow City Council
Top 50 suppliers by spend 2023/24

Supplier name, category, aggregate value, and contract reference for top 50.

Partial disclosure earlier. Complete top-50 by actual payments re-requested as GCC-04 (CSS-GCC-2026-032) on 2026-08-05.

CSS-GCC-2026-003
Acknowledged
Glasgow City Council
Senior officer remuneration bands & exit packages

Remuneration bands, exit packages and pension strain costs for officers above £70k.

CSS-GCC-2026-008
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow Life grant & management fee 2022–25

Annual grant, management fee, and ring-fenced capital support to Glasgow Life.

CSS-GCC-2026-011
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Void housing repairs SLA performance

Average turnaround times and cost per void property by quarter.

Merged into GCC-02 housing ops pack (waiting lists / voids / damp) sent 2026-08-05 to [email protected].

CSS-GCC-2025-009
Closed
Glasgow City Council
ICT contract change notices (CGI)

All change notices, uplift values and approval minutes since 2022.

Closed — change-notice pattern informs Capital ICT programme and Procurement CGI line.

CSS-EDIN-2026-001
Draft
City of Edinburgh Council
ALEO register and governance structure

Complete list of ALEOs, ownership % and latest turnover.

CSS-NLC-2026-002
Draft
North Lanarkshire Council
Capital programme slippage 2023–25

Projects delayed >6 months with original vs revised budgets.

CSS-GCC-2026-015
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Capital programme slippage & revised budgets

Capital projects delayed >6 months; original vs revised total; spend to date by programme.

Sent as GCC-06 to [email protected] (Chris Hindle).

CSS-GCC-2026-016
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Complete ALEO / group entity register

All material group entities with ownership %, turnover and staff for latest year.

Sent as GCC-07 (ALEO register + related-party flows excl. City Building) to [email protected].

CSS-GCC-2026-020
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Payment / creditor register (invoice-level spend)

AP / payment register for last three financial years: payee, amount, date, invoice ref, department/cost centre, description; state disclosure threshold and exclusions.

Sent as GCC-03 to [email protected]. Schema ready on Money trail → Payments. Load CSV when response lands — do not invent rows.

FOI/202601213
Partial disclosure
Stirling Council
Temporary accommodation + homelessness applications by eligibility

Households in temporary accommodation (31 March snapshots), applications by SG eligibility category, Ukrainian-national temp figures, and spend on Other–Eligible / Non-British temp accommodation.

Partial disclosure loaded into CSS (Stirling FOI housing pack). Disclosed: council-wide temp-accommodation snapshots 2021–25; applications by eligibility 2020/21–2024/25; Ukrainian-national temp households by FY; £1,540 five-year spend on Other–Eligible/Non-British temp accommodation. Refused under FOISA s12: nationality / British–Non-British breakdown of the 31 March temp-accommodation snapshot (manual review estimated ~145 hours). No ward split. No year breakdown of the £1,540.

CSS-GCC-2026-030
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Homelessness applications, temp accommodation & outcomes by ward

3-year ward-level homelessness applications, temp placements, outcomes (GCC-01).

Sent GCC-01 to [email protected] · Chris Hindle · [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-031
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Waiting lists, voids and damp/mould by ward

Housing list, voids by category, damp/mould complaints by ward (GCC-02).

Sent GCC-02 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-032
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Top 50 suppliers by actual payments 2023/24–2024/25

Complete CSV top-50 by cash paid (not awards) — continues partial CSS-GCC-2025-021.

Sent GCC-04 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-033
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Cost-centre residual budget & outturn + top 20 suppliers

Corporate / NRS residual / Social Work commissioning cost centres (GCC-05).

Sent GCC-05 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-034
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Fly-tipping, litter/cleansing and bulk uplift by ward

Environment CRM series last 24 months by multi-member ward (GCC-08).

Sent GCC-08 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-035
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
FSM, attendance/exclusions, looked-after children by area

Children/education pack for school year series (GCC-09).

Sent GCC-09 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-036
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Communities Fund / Area Budget awards + CAT outcomes

Complete funded-groups series and Community Asset Transfer outcomes (GCC-10).

Sent GCC-10 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-037
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Asset condition/hours and surplus properties for community use

Condition + opening hours + surplus list (GCC-11).

Sent GCC-11 to [email protected]

CSS-GCC-2026-038
Submitted
Glasgow City Council
Savings delivery 2023/24–2025/26 and HRA/earmarked reserves

Savings tracker + HRA ring-fence detail + earmarked reserves (GCC-12).

Sent GCC-12 to [email protected]

CSS-PS-2026-001
Submitted
Police Scotland (Glasgow wards)
Domestic abuse incidents by Glasgow multi-member ward

High-level annual counts only — no case-level data (PS-01).

Sent PS-01 to [email protected]

CSS-NHSGGC-2026-001
Submitted
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Drug-related deaths and alcohol-related admissions (Glasgow areas)

IZ/ward aggregates with suppression if needed (NHS-01).

Sent NHS-01 to [email protected]

CSS-SFRS-2026-001
Submitted
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Fire incidents deliberate/accidental by Glasgow ward

3-year fire incident counts by ward or station area (SFRS-01).

Sent SFRS-01 to [email protected]

Open Glasgow wards → each ward has an FOI tab. Prefer the download pack for complete request wording.