Good afternoon,
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)
Thank you for your request dated 28/05/2026 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Your request
Your request asked for all recorded information, including but not limited to policies, procedures, guidelines, codes of conduct, and dress codes, that reference or regulate the following:
- tattoos (visible or otherwise),
- hair colour (including unnatural or brightly coloured hair), or
- body modifications (including piercings, dermal anchors, and scarification)
Our response
Following a search in mailboxes, eRDM and OneDrives, we did not find any recorded information relating to the key terms below:
“hair colour”,
“body modifications”,
“dermal anchors” and
“scarification”
For the terms “tattoos”, and “piercings”, there were three results relating to:
- a consultation response on the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
- a consultation response on amendments to the regulation of independent health care
- a consultation response to the call for views on The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
These are available on our website, and do not relate to internal codes of conducts or policies.
As Civil Servants, we follow the the Civil Service code of conduct, which makes no reference to the above key terms.
We also mirror a number of Scottish and UK Government policies, for example, disciplinary procedures, delivering diversity and equality and code of conduct for Board members of public bodies. Again, none of which refer to the above key terms.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by writing to;
Sam Ghibaldan,
Chief Executive
Consumer Scotland
Thistle House,
91 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh,
EH12 5HD
Or by email to: corporateservices@consumer.scot
Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 40 working days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review in accordance with FOISA as soon as possible, and not later than 20 working days from the day following the date we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. More detailed information on your appeal rights is available on the Commissioner’s website at:
https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Unhappywiththeresponse/AppealingtoCommissioner.aspx .
Yours sincerely
Sally Sandground
Data Protection Officer
Consumer Scotland