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Education Scotland written off assets and severance pay 2019 - 2023: FOI release

Published
2023-10-02
Received
2023-08-28
Responded
2023-10-12
Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

The following information on written off assets and severance pay for years 2019- 20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24:

Question 1: The total financial loss on written off inventory and IT equipment for the following financial years.

Question 2: The total cost of replacing/fixing broken or out of date IT equipment for the following financial years.

Question 3: The total spent in severance pay in the following financial years.

Response

Education Scotland’s annual accounts are published on our website here: Annual reports and accounts.

Question 1 The financial loss on written off assets and IT equipment for the requested financial years are as follows:

2019-20 £ 1,443 2020-21 nil 2021-22 £ 7,329 2022-23 nil 2023-24 nil

Question 2 The total cost of replacing / fixing broken or out of date IT equipment for the requested financial years are as follows:

2019-20 £ 18,050 2020-21 £ 242,152 2021-22 £ 63,841 2022-23 £ 1,431 2023-24 nil

Question 3 There was no money spent on severance pay in the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2012-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.

In financial year 2021-22, one settlement agreement was made. This was not a severance payment or compensation for loss of office, however, for transparency it was noted in the Annual Report and Accounts.

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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

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