Back to index Original on gov.scot

FOI/19/00970 · FOI · unclear

Social Security Scotland Disability and Carers Benefit Advisory Group costs: FOI release

Published
2019-05-07
Received
2019-04-04
Responded
2019-05-01
Directorate
Social Security Directorate
Topic
Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

How much has been spent to date on the Disability and Carers Benefit Advisory Group (DACBEAG) and a full breakdown of costs incurred or relating to DACBEAG.

Response

The answer to your question is that £7793.46 has been spent to date on the DACBEAG. This is comprised of £3244.21 in financial year 2017/18 and £4,549.25 in the financial year 2018-2019.

These costs relate to spend on venues and refreshments for meetings, travel expenses and the publication of the review into the Group’s work. This can be further broken down as follows:

2017/18 2018/19 Venue hire and refreshments £3094.21 £3915.43 Travel Expenses £150 £31.20 Publication £0 £602.62

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

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

Attachments

No attachments found.

Similar releases