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202300341792 · FOI · not held

Annual expenditure on TV advertising: FOI release

Published
2023-10-31
Received
2023-02-05
Responded
2023-02-27
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Annual expenditure on TV advertising 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, covering all advertising expenditure including Government supported and Scottish public sector bodies, not only direct government costs.

Response

I enclose some of the information you requested.

Annual direct Scottish Government TV advertising media spend, including live broadcast and video on demand was as follows by calendar year.

2018: £1,033,581 2019: £1,158,953 2020: £8,680,703 2021: £10,219,245 2022: £4,964,369

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s17 (information not held) of FOISA applies. The Scottish Government does not hold information relating to ‘all TV advertising expenditure by Government supported and Scottish public sector bodies’.

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Detected exemption language

2018: £1,033,581 2019: £1,158,953 2020: £8,680,703 2021: £10,219,245 2022: £4,964,369 While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s17 (information not held) of FOISA applies.

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