Publication Scheme
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) provides
individuals with a right of access to all recorded information held
by Scotland's public authorities. Anyone can use this right, and
information can only be withheld where FOISA expressly permits
it.
Section 23 of FOISA also requires that all Scottish public
authorities maintain a publication scheme. A publication
scheme sets out the types of information that a public authority
routinely makes available. Publication schemes are high
level, strategic documents in which a public authority commits to
making published information reasonably available to the general
public. This ensures that published information held by
authorities is open, accountable and transparent at all times.
This scheme has been approved by the Scottish Information
Commissioner, who is responsible for enforcing FOISA. Perth
and Kinross Council are obliged to review the scheme from time to
time.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide you with details of the
range of information that we routinely publish. The scheme
also provides details of how you can access this information, and
tells you whether it is available free, or if there is a charge for
the information.
Select the link on the left hand side to access each section of
the publication scheme. The classes of information we
publish and the full publication scheme can be downloaded
from the menu on the right hand side of this page.
In adopting (or reviewing) our publication scheme, we are required
to have regard to the public interest in allowing public access to
the information we hold on:
- The services we provide, the costs of those services and the
standards attained by those services;
- The facts or analyses which form the basis of the decisions we
make; and
- The publication of the reasons for the decisions we make.
In preparing to meet our obligations under FOISA, including
drawing up this publication scheme, we have been mindful of the
value of openness and transparency.
Alongside FOISA, the Environmental Information (Scotland)
Regulations 2004 (the EIRs) provide a separate right of access to
environmental information that we hold. This publication
scheme also contains details of the environmental information that
we routinely make available.
Where information is not published under this scheme, you can
request it from us under FOISA or, in the case of environmental
information, the EIRs. For further information on accessing
information not covered by this scheme, refer to Section
11 - How to access information not available under the
scheme.
