ACCESS TO INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

You can read our new draft leaflet on Access to Information in pdf format to help explain what information you can get from the Board under data protection and Freedom of Information laws. This leaflet explains

• how you can find out what information we hold about you
• how we will treat any information that we hold about you
• how you can get access to other records and official information we keep.

Read the Access to Information leaflet in pdf format

On 1 January 2005 the Freedom of Information ( Scotland) Act 2002 (FoI Act) came into effect. The Act aims to increase openness and accountability in government and across the public sector by ensuring that people have the right to get access to information held by Scottish public authorities, including the Scottish Legal Aid Board. You will be able to see and question how such bodies work and how they make their decisions.

You can read more about Freedom of Information in our Publications Scheme.

A publication scheme tells you what information we regularly publish. You can also read about how we developed our publication scheme.

The information available section shows you what information we regularly publish which you can read online or request from us.

You can also read about making requests for information under the new Freedom of Information laws and under data protection.