FOISA Section 6 - Wholly owned companies

For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, see FOIA Section 6

Wholly owned companies - Scotland

• Companies that are wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers (ie the Scottish Government) or other Scottish public authorities are subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 by virtue of Section 6[1]:

• 6 Publicly-owned companies

(1) A company is a “publicly-owned company” for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) if it is wholly owned—

(a) by the Scottish Ministers; or

(b) by any other Scottish public authority listed in schedule 1, other than an authority so listed only in relation to information of a specified description.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a company is wholly owned—

(a) by the Scottish Ministers if it has no members except—

(i) the Scottish Ministers or companies wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers; or

(ii) persons acting on behalf of the Scottish Ministers or of such companies; and

(b) by any other Scottish public authority if it has no members except—

(i) the authority or companies wholly owned by the authority; or

(ii) persons acting on behalf of the authority or of such companies.

(3) In subsections (1) and (2), “company” includes any body corporate

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Companies owned by the Scottish Ministers

The Scottish Government is responsible for the following Public Corporations [2][3]:

• Architecture & Design Scotland
• Caledonian Marine Assets Ltd (CMAL)
• David MacBrayne Ltd
• Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (SC097647)
• Learning and Teaching Scotland
• Scottish Futures Trust
• Scottish Water
• Skills Development Scotland

Companies owned by other Scottish public authorities

• Other wholly-owned companies will be listed here

• East Dunbartonshire Council

- East Dunbartonshire Municipal Bank Limited (SC011062)

• City of Edinburgh Council[4]

- Capital Development Trust

- CEC Holdings Ltd

- Edinburgh City Centre Management Company Limited

- Edinburgh, Lothian and Scottish Borders Screen Industries Office Limited

- International Conference Centre Expenditure Trust

- International Conference Centre Income Trust

- Lothian Investment Fund for Enterprise Limited

- Pacific Shelf 825 Limited

- Projects (Edinburgh) Limited

- South East Scotland Regional Transport Partnership (SESTRAN)

- tie Limited

• University of Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh University Press Limited (SC139240)

• Glasgow City Council[5]

- City Building (Glasgow) Limited Liability Partnership - 99.99% held direct by GCC, the other 0.01% is held by GCC LLP Investments Limited a 100% subsidiary of GCC

- City Building (Contracts) Limited Liability Partnership - 99.99% held direct by GCC, the other 0.01% is held by GCC LLP Investments Limited a 100% subsidiary of GCC

- GCC LLP Investments Limited

- Glasgow City Marketing Bureau Limited

- Glasgow Clyde Regeneration Limited

• Heriot-Watt University

- Heriot-Watt Trading Ltd

• National Museums Scotland

- National Museums Scotland Enterprises Limited

• North Ayrshire Council

- North Ayrshire Municipal Bank Limited (SC011421)