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.
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)
Do these first (biggest impact)
Recommended priority order for ward-level FOIs.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Highest impact for ward housing cards. Chase if already started.
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).
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).
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for both GCC stock and major RSL partners if held centrally.
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
Ask: Glasgow City Council · School-level often publishable; request catchment→ward mapping help.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Safeguarding sensitivity — totals by ward, not individuals.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for last 24 months monthly if possible.
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
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.
Ask: NHS GGC / National Records of Scotland · Small numbers may be suppressed — accept IZ or 3-year aggregates.
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
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.
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.
Ask: Scottish Government / Glasgow City Council · LOADED: SIMD 2020v2 DZ→ward population-weighted roll-up on site.
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.
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).
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Replaces removed modelled cost-centre amounts on investigate department desk.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Accounts multi-year on money trail from published documents. Contract register awards extract loaded 2026-08-04.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Highest impact for ward housing cards. Chase if already started.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for both GCC stock and major RSL partners if held centrally.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Specify void categories if possible (management void, major works, etc.).
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).
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.
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.
Ask: NHS GGC / National Records of Scotland · Small numbers may be suppressed — accept IZ or 3-year aggregates.
Ask: NHS GGC · Sensitive — request high-level rates only, no patient-level.
Ask: NHS GGC · Practices span wards — ask for patient-weighted or practice-to-ward mapping.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · School-level often publishable; request catchment→ward mapping help.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · May already publish some school stats — FOI gaps only.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Safeguarding sensitivity — totals by ward, not individuals.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Include SDS positive destinations if held at area level.
Ask: Police Scotland · PUBLIC — MMW recorded crime already loaded (2019–2024). FOI only for finer subtypes or monthly.
Ask: Police Scotland or Glasgow City Council · Police MMW includes ASB offences group; council CSAS/calls still FOI.
Ask: Police Scotland · Often restricted — ask for high-level annual counts or rates only.
Ask: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service · SFRS may publish IRMP / station data — FOI for ward aggregation.
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.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Modelled estimates acceptable if methodology disclosed.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ask for last 24 months monthly if possible.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · CRM system categories help consistency.
Ask: Glasgow City Council
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Spend may be by park asset not ward — accept asset list with locations.
Ask: Glasgow City Council / SPT · SPT may hold accessibility indices.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Ofcom coverage is public — FOI for complaint volumes only.
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.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · LOADED city VDL extract (574 sites, ~781 ha). Ward join pending. Surplus property list still FOI.
Ask: Glasgow City Council
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.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Some contacts already public — FOI for ‘active/inactive’ status if held.
Ask: Glasgow City Council · Awards register loaded. Invoice payments still empty.
Live request tracker
24 logged · 22 open
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.
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.
Remuneration bands, exit packages and pension strain costs for officers above £70k.
Annual grant, management fee, and ring-fenced capital support to Glasgow Life.
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].
All change notices, uplift values and approval minutes since 2022.
Closed — change-notice pattern informs Capital ICT programme and Procurement CGI line.
Complete list of ALEOs, ownership % and latest turnover.
Projects delayed >6 months with original vs 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).
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].
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.
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.
3-year ward-level homelessness applications, temp placements, outcomes (GCC-01).
Sent GCC-01 to [email protected] · Chris Hindle · [email protected]
Housing list, voids by category, damp/mould complaints by ward (GCC-02).
Sent GCC-02 to [email protected]
Complete CSV top-50 by cash paid (not awards) — continues partial CSS-GCC-2025-021.
Sent GCC-04 to [email protected]
Corporate / NRS residual / Social Work commissioning cost centres (GCC-05).
Sent GCC-05 to [email protected]
Environment CRM series last 24 months by multi-member ward (GCC-08).
Sent GCC-08 to [email protected]
Children/education pack for school year series (GCC-09).
Sent GCC-09 to [email protected]
Complete funded-groups series and Community Asset Transfer outcomes (GCC-10).
Sent GCC-10 to [email protected]
Condition + opening hours + surplus list (GCC-11).
Sent GCC-11 to [email protected]
Savings tracker + HRA ring-fence detail + earmarked reserves (GCC-12).
Sent GCC-12 to [email protected]
High-level annual counts only — no case-level data (PS-01).
Sent PS-01 to [email protected]
IZ/ward aggregates with suppression if needed (NHS-01).
Sent NHS-01 to [email protected]
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.
