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From Largest number of Freedom of Information requests made by a single person in one day: FOI release, published today:

For the year 2023, the largest amount of FOI’s made to the Scottish Government in one day by a single individual is 43. For the year 2024, the largest amount of FOI’s made to the Scottish Government in one day by a single individual is 80. For the year 2025, the largest amount of FOI’s made to the Scottish Government in one day by a single individual is 21. https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202600501630/

Each request currently costs the Scottish Government and you as a taxpayer, around £300 up from around £234 ten years ago. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/january2026 https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-19-00357

According to the Law Society of Scotland referencing the Scottish Information Commissioner’s (SIC) annual statistics, there were 68 156 FOI requests over the last ten years costing up to £20 million!!! https://lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/legal-news/foi-performance-improving-commissioners-annual-report-reveals

How many of those were made by the Scottish Cons, Labour and Lib Dems? Alex Cole-Hamilton must be responsible for a few. That young guy at the Scotsman? The unions?

Why don’t you do an FOI and find out?

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