Scottish Information Commissioner

The Scottish Information Commissioner is responsible for enforcing and promoting the right to access public information created by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 both of which came into force on 1 January 2005. The Act and the Regulations give anyone, anywhere in the world, important rights to access information held by more than 10,000 public authorities in Scotland ^[1].

Kevin Dunion was appointed as the first Scottish Information Commissioner in February 2003.

Senior Staff at the Commission

In addition to the Commissioner, there is a staff of 20 individuals based at Kinburn Castle in St Andrews:

• Margaret Keyse - Head of Investigations
• Sarah Hutchison - Head of Policy and Information
• David Lowrie - Head of Operational Management
• Jann Sangster - Finance and Administration Manager
• Euan McCulloch - Deputy Head of Investigations

Freedom of Information Officers

• Jill Anderson
• Andrew Campbell
• Caitlin Dalgleish
• Alison Davies
• Julie Frew
• Martin Hughes
• Colin MacFadyen
• Paul Mutch
• Lucy Scharbert
• Claire Sigsworth
• Claire Stephen

Administrators

• Pauline Keith
• Liz Brown
• Kim Berry

Notes

1 ^ Scottish Information Commissioner Role of the Commissioner. Last accessed 21/04/07