The dataset is part of an ESRC funded project led by Dr Justine Gangneux and Prof Simon Joss at the Urban Big Data Centre (Grant no. ES/S007105/1). The project examined Scottish local government’s data engagement during COVID-19 (Full report available ISBN: 978-0-85261-975-9). This dataset contains data files which cannot be made publicly available due to participant confidentiality. A related de-identified dataset is available in this repository - see the related resources link below.