Food hygiene in Highland: results and inspection dates
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This is an area summary. It does not give a rating for one premises. Find a premises rating at the Food Standards Agency.
In Highland, the hygiene file accepted on 18 October 2026 holds 2,934 known ratings, and 14.0% of them need improvement. The 95 percent interval runs from 12.7% to 15.4%. Against the same business types in Scotland the gap is 8.2 pp. Waiting and exempt records stay outside.
Wilson 14.0% (95% interval 12.7% to 15.4%), from 2,934 ratings
This is an area summary, not a rating for one premises. Improvement means a result that needs improvement; it is not improvement over time. The file date is not the date of every inspection. Find a premises rating at the Food Standards Agency.
Needs improvement means FHRS ratings at 0, 1 or 2, or an FHIS Improvement Required result. Waiting and exempt results do not enter that share.
Median age of the known rating dates: 2532 days. Older than two years: 81.1% (95% interval 79.6% to 82.5%), from 2,934 ratings.
- Highland restaurants: 23.5% (95% interval 19.9% to 27.7%), from 463 ratings
- Highland takeaways: 29.2% (95% interval 22.2% to 37.3%), from 137 ratings
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Figures
- Gap against the same types8.2 ppOther premises of the same business types and scheme in the same country; weighted to this area's mix. A difference has no Wilson interval. Comparison covers 2,934 ratings; excludes 0 ratings without an adequate same-type base.
- Median age of a rating2532 daysDays since inspection, known rating dates only. This does not say an inspection is overdue. Based on 2,934 ratings with a known date.
- Older than two years81.1% (95% interval 79.6% to 82.5%), from 2,934 ratingsShare of dated results above two years. Missing dates stay outside this denominator.
- Waiting or unknown results2,932 recordsCount outside every known-rating share; waiting is not a rating of zero.
Shared scale: 0% to 15.4%.
Highland: 14.0% (95% interval 12.7% to 15.4%), from 2,934 ratings
Scotland: 7.6% (95% interval 7.3% to 7.9%), from 46,364 ratings
Highland restaurants: 23.5% (95% interval 19.9% to 27.7%), from 463 ratings
Highland takeaways: 29.2% (95% interval 22.2% to 37.3%), from 137 ratings
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 2,934 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 411 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 2,932 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 178 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 14.0% | 12.7% | 15.4% | 2,934 ratings |
| Gap against the same types | 8.2 pp | No interval | No interval | 2,934 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 2532 days | No interval | No interval | 2,934 ratings |
| Older than two years | 81.1% | 79.6% | 82.5% | 2,934 ratings |
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 46,364 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 3,509 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 10,265 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 2,282 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 7.6% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 46,364 ratings |
| Median age of a rating | 688 days | No interval | No interval | 46,364 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Older than two years | 48.1% | 47.6% | 48.6% | 46,364 ratings |
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Part of what this page would normally show is missing from the accepted file: either the rating dates needed for an age figure, or the three component scores needed for a mix, or the second snapshot needed for a 30-day change. The figures that are present stand on their own denominators. The missing part is absent, not zero.
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Limits of these figures
Known results: 2,934 ratings; needing improvement: 411 ratings; waiting or unknown: 2,932 records; exempt: 178 premises. Waiting and exempt records are outside the known results.
Rating dates missing from 0 ratings. The median and age share use 2,934 ratings with known dates.
Component scores and the share rated five do not apply to FHIS. Eat Safe is an award alongside a pass result, not a separate step on the rating scale.
Unknown-result scenarios: 7.0% to 57.0% if every waiting or unknown result became known. These are scenario bounds, not confidence intervals. Exempt premises remain excluded.
Comparison covers 2,934 ratings; excludes 0 ratings without an adequate same-type base. The base uses other premises in Scotland under the same scheme.
No 30-day change is published: two accepted files exactly 30 days apart are required. One snapshot cannot show how many premises improved or worsened.
Inspections are not a random sample. These intervals describe the known-result shares, not the chance that a particular premises is safe.
It does not tell you about one premises. A share describes the known ratings in an area on the day of the file, and a single rating can change the day after.
It does not count premises waiting for a rating, and it does not count exempt premises. Both stay outside the denominator, so a low share is not evidence that everything was inspected.
It does not say an inspection is overdue. The age of a rating is the gap since the last published inspection, and the publisher sets no deadline we could measure against.
It does not rank areas. Where two intervals overlap, the order of the two numbers carries no information.
It does not combine schemes. A Scottish pass result and a 0 to 5 score are different measurements and are never averaged.
Source
- Source
- Food Standards Agency, national English-language open data file
- File accepted
- 18 October 2026
- Publisher file timestamp
- 2026-10-17T01:06:42Z
- National file count
- 614,349
- Source SHA-256
- 0eccd1ba6db3e1cb9ec1e50c296a825d4c4a0dceec3935b2fc2e0106936b5715
- Calculation release
- fsa-2026-10-18-0eccd1ba6db3-e2b1a3747bdf
- Method
- Same-type, same-scheme profiles; unknown and exempt results excluded from shares.
- Substantive change
- 18 October 2026
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