Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act) requires Scottish public authorities to produce and maintain a publication scheme.
Authorities are under a legal obligation to:
- publish the classes of information that they make routinely available
- tell the public how to access the information and what it might cost.
Glasgow Science Centre has adopted the Model Publication Scheme 2012, updated in November 2018, produced by the Scottish Information Commissioner.
The scheme covers the following companies within the Glasgow Science Centre group of companies:
- Glasgow Science Centre Charitable Trust;
- Glasgow Science Centre Limited; and
- Glasgow Science Centre (Trading) Limited.
You can see this scheme on the Commissioner’s website at www.itspublicknowledge.info or by contacting us at the address below.
The purpose of this Guide to Information is to:
- allow you to see what information is available (and what is not available) in relation to each class,
- state what charges may be applied
- explain how you can find the information easily
- provide contact details for enquiries and to get help with accessing the information
- explain how to request information we hold that has not been published
The classes of information that we publish
We publish information that we hold within the following classes. Once information is published under a class we will continue to make it available for the current and previous two financial years.
Where information has been updated or superseded, only the current version will be available. If you would like to see previous versions, you may make a request to us for that information.
A list of classes and a description of available documents is found in the table below. To request information presented in the table below, please email: [email protected]
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Class |
Description |
Available Information |
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1
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Information about Glasgow Science Centre, who we are, where to find us, how to contact us, how we are managed and our external relations. |
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2
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Information about our work, our strategy and policies for delivering functions and services and information for our service users. |
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3
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Information about the decisions we take, how we make decisions and how we involve others. |
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4
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Information about our strategy for, and management of, financial resources (in sufficient detail to explain how we plan to spend public money and what has actually been spent). |
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5
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Information about how we manage human, physical and information resources. |
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6
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Information about how we procure goods and services, and our contracts with external providers. |
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7
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Information about how Glasgow Science Centre performs as an organisation, and how well it delivers its functions and services. |
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8
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Information packages made available for sale on a commercial basis and sold at market value through a retail outlet, e.g. bookshop, museum or research journal. | Glasgow Science Centre has no information available in this class. |
9
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Open data made available by the authority as described by the Scottish Government’s Open Data Resource Pack and available under an open licence. | Glasgow Science Centre has no information available in this class. |
Availability and formats
The information we publish through the model scheme is, wherever possible, available on our website. We offer alternative arrangements for people who do not want to, or cannot, access the information online or by inspection at our premises. For example, we can usually arrange to send information to you in paper copy (although there may be a charge for this).
Charges
This section explains when we may make a charge for our publications and how any charge will be calculated.
There is no charge to view information on our website or at our premises.
We may charge for providing information to you e.g., photocopying and postage, but we will charge you no more than it actually costs us to do so. We will always tell you what the cost is before providing the information to you.
Our photocopying charge per sheet of paper is shown below:
- Black and white photocopying
Size of paper / Pence per sheet of paper
A4 / 10p - Colour photocopying
Size of paper / Pence per sheet of paper
A4 / 30p
When providing copies of pre-printed publications, we will charge no more than the cost per copy of the total print run. We do not pass on any other costs to you in relation to our published information.
Exempt information
We will publish the information we hold that falls within the classes of information above. If a document contains information that is exempt under Scotland’s freedom of information laws (for example sensitive personal information or a trade secret), we may remove or redact the information before publication but we will explain why.
Copyright
Where Glasgow Science Centre holds the copyright in its published information, the information may be copied or reproduced without formal permission, provided that:
- it is copied or reproduced accurately;
- it is not used in a misleading context, and;
- the source of the material is identified
Where Glasgow Science Centre does not hold the copyright in information we publish, we will make this clear.
Other Model Publication information requests
You can contact us for assistance with any aspect of this publication scheme:
Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1EAWe will also be pleased to advise you how to ask for information that we do not publish or how to complain if you are dissatisfied with any aspect of this publication scheme.
Last Updated
This Guide to Information was last updated on 7th January 2019.
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