FOI/202300359686 · FOI · unclear
Scottish Government overseas offices: FOI release
Information requested
Information on Scottish Government overseas office and in particular:
"Can you advise on what dates each of the above open by year format, and what has been the level of financial investment in Scotland by each of the offices activities again by format? And by location, what if any, have there been any visits to these overseas offices by MSP’s by year format, please list by year? And to date, what has been the total cost of having these offices to the Scottish taxpayer?"
Response
Most of the information you have requested is available from a FOI response that has already been published. Link attached for ease of reference. Scottish Government overseas office statistics: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
There have been no further visits by MSPS to our international offices overseas since the last FOI request in the link above.
I have updated the financial table to include the budget for Financial Year 2023/2024 as below.
Opened 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s Beijing, China 2005 395 395 395 553 554 550 567 482 Washington DC, United States 2001 700 700 700 807 811 805 794 782 Ottawa, Canada 2018 500 575 575 570 634 600 Paris, France 2018 500 545 558 556 659 673 Dublin, Ireland 2016 350 541 572 596 593 547 Berlin, Germany 2018 300 549 549 555 572 591 Brussels, Belgium 1999 1,139 1,639 2,079 2,088 2,310 2,467 2,441 London, England 2017 1,650 1,995 2,041 2,197 2,180 2,157 Copenhagen, Denmark 2022 598 693
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Scottish Government overseas office statistics: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.
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