FOI/202500486812 · FOI · unclear
Special adviser expenses: FOI release
Information requested
The details of the special adviser expenses that were published by the Scottish Government here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-media-meetings-and-expenses-april-june-2025/
By details, I mean what accommodation was booked, where the accommodation was, what iExpenses refers to and where the travel was to and from.
Response
Please see the below response which includes all the information you have requested.
1) In reference to your request for “what accommodation was booked and where the accommodation was”, please see the table below.
Accommodation booked Location Premier Inn Birmingham Birmingham Hotel Indigo Barcelona Plaza Catalunya Barcelona Hampton By Hilton Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh
2) You also asked “what iExpenses refers to”. iExpenses refers to the digital system used by the Scottish Government for the payment and recording of travel and subsistence expenses of employees, where these expenses cannot be booked via the corporate travel management system.
3) You also requested “where the travel was to and from”. Please see the table below.
Origin Destination Edinburgh New York Edinburgh Lusaka Edinburgh Barcelona Edinburgh Barcelona Lilongwe Lusaka London City Edinburgh Edinburgh Belfast Edinburgh Birmingham New Street Edinburgh Glasgow Queen Street Stirling Dundee Edinburgh London Euston Inverkeithing Edinburgh Glasgow Central Cardonald Edinburgh Glasgow Central Cairnryan(refunded) Belfast (refunded)
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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