FOISA Section 6 - Wholly owned companies

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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
  • Links are provided to the authorities on WhatDoTheyKnow.com where available

Companies owned by the Scottish Ministers

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

Companies owned by other Scottish public authorities

Other wholly-owned companies will be listed here

Local Government

East Dunbartonshire Council

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

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
  • Culture and Sport Glasgow (SC313851)

North Ayrshire Council

Educational institutions

University of Edinburgh

Heriot-Watt University

  • Heriot-Watt Trading Ltd

The Robert Gordon University

  • Univation Ltd
  • The Aberdeen Business School Ltd (dormant)
  • The Aberdeen Management Centre Ltd (dormant)
  • Aberdeen Virtual Campus Ltd (dormant)
  • RGU Properties Ltd
  • The Robert Gordon University - The Energy University Ltd

Others

National Museums Scotland

  • National Museums Scotland Enterprises Limited
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