FOI/202300376489 · FOI · not held
Flag expenses since 2015: FOI release
Information requested
Total expense, delineated by year from 2015 to 2022 and 2023 to current date, incurred by the Scottish Government for purchase of flags, delineated by type of flag. ‘Type’ here means the content of the flag, e.g. ‘Scottish flag’ ‘EU flag’ ‘LGBTQ+ flag’ etc. Total number of flags, delineated by year from 2015 to 2022 and 2023 to current date, purchased by the Scottish Government, delineated by type of flag.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
The Scottish Government does not hold information for 2015 and 2016 as this has been routinely deleted in accordance with our standard records management practice, before the date of your request.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
Information for 2017 to 19 September 2023 is provided in the tables below.
2017 / 18
Flag type Number of flags Cost Saltire 12 £134.50 Suffragette 1 £190.80
2018 / 19
Flag type Number of flags Cost Saltire 18 £2057.07 Saltire / China table flags 10 £143.61 Union 1 £186.60
2019 / 20
Flag Type Number of flags Cost Europe 1 £227.67 Icelandic 1 £152.64 Saltire 507 £2,965.95
2020 / 21
Flag type Number of flags Cost European 1 £262.80 Saltire 1 £262.80 Saltire (handheld) 5000 £2,500.00 UN 2 £780.00
2021 / 22
Flag type Number of flags Cost Europe 1 £262.80 Saltire 2 £320.80 Scottish Standard 1 £227.40
2022 / 23
Flag type Number of flags Cost European 2 £654.00 Nato 1 £390.00 Pride 2 £26.92 Saltire (handheld) 3 £4.00 Saltire 7 £1,267.00 Ukraine (handheld) 25 £11.26 Ukraine 2 £250.08
2023 / 19 Sept 2023
Flag type Number of flags Cost Denmark 1 £210.60 Ireland 1 £108.00 European 3 £754.70 France 1 £108.00 Germany 1 £108.00 Iceland 1 £210.60 Italy 1 £108.00 Netherland 1 £108.00 Norway 1 £210.60 Poland 1 £108.00 Pride 2 £829.20 Spain 1 £108.00 Saltire 6 £1,084.56 Sweden 1 £210.60 Ukraine 2 £330.00
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Detected exemption language
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
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