What happens after I make a FOISA request?

GTC Scotland will acknowledge receipt of your request, confirm whether your request is deemed a valid request and if so, that this will be being dealt with under FOISA.

We will process your request and you will receive a response no later than the 20th working day from receipt of the request. The first working day of your request is the day after the date on which GTC Scotland receives it.

Our reply will either:

• Provide all of the information you have requested;
• Issue a Fees Notice: where there is a charge applied for providing the information you have requested; or
• Issue a Refusal Notice – this will provide you with an explanation as to why we have refused to provide you with all or any part of the information you have requested for example:
• GTC Scotland does not hold the information that you have requested;
• We believe that your request is “vexatious” or clearly intended to cause disruption to the work of GTC Scotland rather than being a genuine request for information.