PHS FOI 2026-002425
- Date of request
- 20 June 2026
- Date of response
- 03 July 2026
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2026-002425
- Corporate information
Request
“It says in the research article authored by Susan McVie, Victoria Gorton and others published in Journal of Criminology titled Investigating the association between health vulnerabilities and police enforcement during the Covid-19 pandemic: A novel study using linked administrative data in Scotland https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26338076241304446“ A dataset containing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) (including name, date of birth and address) for all people in receipt of a Covid-FPN (N = 20,410) was shared by Police Scotland with the National Records of Scotland (NRS).”
“The study involved linking individual-level administrative data from Police Scotland and Public Health Scotland (PHS)…”
I would be grateful if you would tell me:
1) Who authorised Public Health Scotland to share sensitive health information on individuals linked to police enforcement during the Covid-19 pandemic?
2) Why was consent not sought from individuals whose sensitive health information you shared?
3) Did you supply covid test information on individuals who were linked to police enforcement?
4) Did you supply the vaccination status of individuals who were linked to police enforcement?
5) Did Public Health Scotland share information on individuals identified by Police Scotland with the National Records of Scotland (NRS)? If so, how was this data supplied and who at NRS had access to it? If not, how did Public Health Scotland share health information linked to police enforcement for the purposes of this research project?”