PCCS Publication Scheme

The purpose of this publication scheme is to provide you with details about the range of information that we routinely publish.  It also provides details of how to access this information, indicating whether it is available free, or where there is a charge.  The scheme also aims to satisfy the PCCS’s Management Statement on external accountability, to improve public access to information held by us and to encourage public awareness of the role of the PCCS and the decisions reached by the PCCS. Download a copy of the PCCS Publication Scheme (January 2010).

Where information is not published under this scheme, you can request it from us under FOISA or, in the case of environmental information, the Environmental Information Regulators (EIRs).  For further information on accessing information not covered by this scheme, refer to the section Assessing information not available under the scheme.

Formulating the scheme

When preparing or reviewing our publication scheme, we are obliged by FOISA to have regard to the public interest in providing access to the information that we hold which relates to:

  • the services provided by the PCCS
  • the costs of those services
  • the standard attained by those services
  • the facts that inform the decisions taken by the PCCS that are of importance to the public
  • the reasons for the decisions made by the PCCS

In preparing this publication scheme, the PCCS has also taken the following factors into account in identifying the classes of information to be included under scheme:

  • the types of information that we hold
  • information which is already available to the public, such as information accessible from the PCCS website
  • freedom of information requests already received from the general public
  • information which the PCCS wishes to publicise

We have also consulted the Scottish Government and the Scottish Information Commissioner’s “Publication Scheme Guidance” during the development of our scheme.

The Director of the PCCS is designated as responsible for the overall organisation and management of the publication scheme.  The Strategic Business Manager is responsible for the daily maintenance of the scheme. 

The Strategic Business Manager can be contacted by post, email or telephone:

PCCS
Hamilton House
Hamilton Business Park
Caird Park
Hamilton
ML3 0QA

Email: enquiries@pcc-scotland.org

Freephone: 0808 178 5577

As part of our statutory duty we are required to review our publication scheme periodically. Feedback on how we can develop our scheme further or any comments about the publication scheme should be put in writing to the Strategic Business Manager.