FOI release: Rectification Figures

Published: 18 February 2022
Freedom of information class: How we're performing

Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)

Freedom of Information (FOI) reference: CW-2022-017
Date received:17 January 2022
Clarified: 26 January 2022
Date responded: 17 February 2022

Information requested

You asked for information about rectification figures and clarified you were content to receive this information between 2017 and 2021.

1) How many rectification requests

  • were received by RoS between 2015 and 2021
  • resulted in a rectification of the register?

2) How many rectifications were as a result of:

  • inaccuracy in the title sheet and
  • inaccuracy in the cadastral map, within the meaning of section 65 of the 2012 Act?

3) Rectifications as a result of an inaccuracy in the cadastral map broken down by county?

4) Can manifest inaccuracies be broken down by those that were brought to the keeper’s attention:

  • whilst registering a deed
  • by letter or email from a searcher?

5) If possible, and known, how many of these rectifications have occurred in areas where the use of the OS survey scale has been:

  • 1:1,250
  • 1:2,500
  • 1:10,000?

Response

Some of the data requested is only available from 2017 onwards. The reason for this is a new system is used for recording these figures. The data from 2017 onwards is broken down in such a way that we can provide the level of detail you are requesting. Data on rectifications pre-2017 is not categorised in a manner that would allow us to provide a breakdown of figures in the same way.

1) Requests for rectification between 2015 and 2012
Quarter2015201620172018201920202021
First quarter 3,234 3,322 3,404 3,357 3,694 3,313 2,473
Second quarter 2,889 3,269 3,141 3,192 3,461 1,102 2,777
Third quarter 3,099 3,075 3,358 3,322 3,609 1,970 2,666
Fourth quarter 2,977 3,046 3,391 3,398 3,134 2,283 2,673
Total12,19912,71213,29413,26913,8988,66810,589
Inaccuracies found
(resulting in
rectification)		 - - 8,912 9,039 9,866 5,847 6,928
Total 40,592
2) Inaccuracies in the title sheet and cadastral map, within meaning of section 65 of the 2012 Act
 20172018201920202021Total
Title sheet 7,623 7,800 8,407 4,906 5,816 34,552
Cadastral map 1,289 1,239 1,459 941 1,112 6,040
3) Inaccuracies in the cadastral map broken down by county
Cadastral map
Inaccuracies
by county		20172018201920202021Total
ABN 85 98 109 51 80 423
ANG 64 60 86 57 69 336
ARG 43 38 53 30 43 207
AYR 81 88 79 52 67 367
BER 10 10 12 15 12 59
BNF 17 11 27 16 16 87
BUT 10 10 11 7 7 45
CLK 6 3 14 5 8 36
CTH 3 9 10 9 3 34
DMB 50 33 36 27 23 169
DMF 34 35 51 21 32 173
ELN 25 25 23 17 13 103
FFE 92 91 71 60 89 403
GLA 66 65 90 43 52 316
INV 62 48 60 44 43 257
KNC 19 15 23 22 25 104
KNR 7 7 14 1 3 32
KRK 24 22 21 21 22 110
LAN 98 93 109 89 86 475
MID 150 161 187 104 111 713
MOR 19 16 16 12 19 82
NRN 5 5 3 2 3 18
OAZ 22 22 29 21 20 114
PBL 12 15 22 9 7 65
PTH 78 49 69 51 62 309
REN 48 45 50 39 45 227
ROS 30 30 34 20 30 144
ROX 12 28 20 10 15 85
SEL 8 6 15 3 5 37
STG 57 46 56 42 49 250
STH 10 9 10 10 12 51
WGN 5 7 9 8 9 38
WLN 36 36 40 21 32 165
Total 6034

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4) We do not hold this information. This is because we do not record how an inaccuracy came to the Keeper’s attention.

5) We do not hold this information. This is because we do not detail the OS survey scale used in our recording of any rectification of the register. Section 65(3) of the Land Registration Etc (Scotland) Act 2012 provides that the cadastral map is not to be considered inaccurate in so far as it does not depict something correctly be reason only of inexactness in the base map which is within the published tolerances relevant to the scale involved.

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