KPI update - July - September 2026

Published: 23 October 2026
Freedom of information class: How we deliver functions and services

An update on our key performance indicators (KPIs) for September 2026.

We are committed to being transparent and will share the progress against the latest strategic objectives and related KPIs outlined in our Corporate Plan on a quarterly basis.


Objective one: Delivering the benefits of a completed land register

Performance indicatorAimTotalProgress
Clear 10,000 pre - 2025 cases per quarter10,0009,221Approaching indicator
Despatch as many application as possible within 35 days
Performance indicatorAimTotalProgress
Dealing of the Whole 90.0% 95.6% Ahead of indicator
First registration 80.0% 65.7% Behind indicator
Transfer of Part (without unregistered prior applications) 75.0% 76.3% Ahead of indicator

Land mass coverage is not a KPI for this financial year. You can continue to follow our progress in this area on our land mass coverage performance page.


Objective two: Deliver more benefits to Scotland by providing innovative and accessible land and property data

To meet our applications quality target, we will:

  • improve our data
  • identify new products and data reports
  • offer customers greater accessibility to information we hold
Performance indicatorAimTotalProgress
Applications quality to be above 97.0% 97.0% 97.7% Ahead of indicator

Objective three: Develop and deliver digital improvements

To continue to meet this target we will provide faster and more secure digital tools where appropriate.

The lower a customer effort score the better.

Performance indicatorAim 2025Autumn2026Progress
Achieve a Customer Satisfaction Index of between 82.2 and 82.7 and customer effort score CSI of 3.4 or below for our professional customers 82.2 - 82.7 / 3.483.9 / 3.186.1 /3.0Ahead of indicator
Achieve a customer satisfaction score for citizen customers of 80 or above80 or above79.682.9Ahead of indicator

Objective four: Inspire our people

We know a talented, engaged, and energised workforce is essential to successful delivery across all our strategic objectives.

Performance indicatorAimRoS 2025 scoreRoS 2026 scoreProgress
We will aim to maintain an engagement score that remains higher than the civil service average 65% 67%  

The annual Civil Service People Survey takes place each year across the civil service. Once the results are available these will be published in the table above.

Additional staff surveys are taken in year to make sure that positive engagement is being maintained across the organisation.

We will aim to retain our We Invest in People Gold status, our We Invest in Wellbeing Platinum status and Investors in Young People Silver status.


Objective five: Be an effective and efficient, future focused delivery organisation

Performance indicatorProgress
RoS will maintain a break-even financial positionOn track

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