FOI/202200315401 · FOI · not held
Statistics of costs incurred by Scottish Government: FOI release
Information requested
1. The overtime working costs incurred by your organisation in each financial year since 2019-20. Please provide figures for the current financial year to date. 2. Any legal costs incurred by your organisation related to the release of information as a result of freedom of information request for every financial year since 2019-20. Please provide figures for the current financial year to date. 3. Any compensation paid out due to errors in each financial year since 2019-20. Please provide figures for the current financial year to date. 4. Any costs incurred in hiring agency staff in each financial year since 2019-20. Please provide figures for the current financial year to date.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. 1. The overtime working costs incurred by your organisation in each financial year since 2019-20.
Financial Year Overtime Costs 2019-20 £2,247,843 2020-21 £6,163,561 2021-22 £3,837,894 2022 - 31/07/22 £1,061,832
2. The Scottish Government do not hold information regarding legal costs incurred related to the release of information as a result of freedom of information. 3. The Scottish Government do not hold information regarding compensation paid out due to errors in each financial year since 2019-20. 4. The costs incurred in hiring agency staff in each financial year since 2019-20.
Financial Year Overtime Costs 2019-20 £26,641,897 2020-21 £46,155,188 2021-22 £65,406,211 2022 - 31/07/22 £22,582,952
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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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