Press Information

The Office of the Chief Investigating Officer and the Standards Commission for Scotland each deal with press enquiries which relate to their own areas of responsibility under the legislation. Set out below is a guide to the types of enquiries each office is able to answer. Also provided are links to other pages on this site which you may find of interest.

Press enquiries for the Office of the Chief Investigating Officer:

If you wish to enquire about:

making a complaint about a Councillor or Member of a Devolved Public Body
a complaint which has already been made to the Chief Investigating Officer
general information relating to the investigations process

please contact:

Mr D Stuart Allan
Chief Investigating Officer
Office of the Chief Investigating Officer
44 Drumsheugh Gardens

Edinburgh

EH3 7SW

Tel: 0300 011 0550
Fax: 0131 220 5419
Email: investigations@ethicalstandards.org.uk

Pages dealing with the work of the Office of the Chief Investigating Officer on this website:

to find out how to make a complaint, click here
to read about past investigations where no breach has been found, click here
to read about the people who work in the Office of the Chief Investigating Officer, click here

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Press enquiries for the Standards Commission for Scotland:

If you wish to enquire about:

a case which has been scheduled for Hearing
decisions following Hearings which have already taken place
guidance and dispensations issued by the Standards Commission for Scotland
general information relating to the work of the Standards Commission for Scotland

please contact:

Ms Janet Nixon
Secretary to the Commission
The Standards Commission for Scotland
23 Walker Street

Edinburgh

EH3 7HX

Tel: 0131 260 5368
Fax: 0131 220 5941
Email: enquiries@standardscommission.org.uk

Pages dealing with the work of the Standards Commission for Scotland on this website:

to read the Decisions from Hearings which have already taken place, click here
to find out about Hearings which are still to take place, click here
to read Guidance and Dispensations Notes issued by the Commission, click here
for the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 and Codes of Conduct, select from the menu entitled "Acts, Codes and Regulations" at the left-hand side of this page
for Minutes of monthly Commission Meetings, click here
to read about the Commission Members and their Register of Interest entries, click here