The 2010 Annual Report of the Scottish Information Commissioner confirms the view in many colleges and universities that the public are increasingly making use of freedom of information laws and that this is set to continue in the current economic climate of spending cuts and the need for information on the reasoning behind the cuts. It is also reported that public authorities are becoming more comfortable with regard to release of information, the law is becoming embedded, and FOI principles of openness and transparency increasingly accepted. However widespread concern is reported on the rise in complex requests again at a time of economic downturn when there may be a reduction in resource to deal with the request.