FOI Release: Open Applications January 2018 to June 2026
Published: 13 August 2026Freedom of information class: How we're performing
Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
FOI reference: CW-2026-481
Date received: 29 July 2026
Date clarified: 30 July 2026
Date responded: 12 August 2026
Information requested:
In your email dated 29 July 2026, you asked for: "Please could you provide for each year since, and including 2018, the number of uncompleted registrations (open casework) with RoS."
In your email dated 30 July 2026, you clarified: “To provide the information I requested, I suggest you provide a table with two columns one headed month/year, and the second headed 'backlog of cases', similar to below (in the link you provided), but going back from June 2026 to January 2018.”
Response:
Enclosed in “CW-2026-481 Information” is a copy of the information you requested. It contains information on our open applications (referred to in your request as a backlog of cases) from January 2018 to June 2026.
The Month/Year date refers to the position at the end of each month, for example, January 2018 means open casework as recorded on 1st February 2018, before any cases were settled on that day
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