FOI/202600509635 · FOI · released
Details of travel to Shetland by Transport Scotland officials: FOI release
Information requested
How often the (i) Director of Ferries and (ii) any other Transport Scotland ferry officials travelled to Shetland in each of the last 5 years.
Please provide the methods of transport used by Transport Scotland officials to attend the Shetland Area external transport forum meetings in Lerwick for each meeting in each of the last 5 years.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. This is because some staff no longer work in the Ferries Directorate and were unable to be contacted.
How often the (i) Director of Ferries and (ii) any other Transport Scotland ferry officials travelled to Shetland in each of the last 5 years.
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Directors (including current Director’s tenure as Head of Ferries) 0 3 4 4 3 0 Other Transport Scotland Ferries Officials 0 3 7 10 14 3
Methods of transport used by Transport Scotland officials to attend the Shetland Area external transport forum meetings in Lerwick for each meeting in each of the last 5 years.
March May/June September December 2021 Online Attendance Online Attendance Online Attendance Online Attendance 2022 Online Attendance Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 3) Train, ferry Meeting cancelled due to national mourning Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry 2023 Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 1) Train, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 1) Car passenger, ferry Official 2) Car, ferry (with car) 2024 Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Train, bicycle, ferry Official 3) Train, ferry Official 4) Train, ferry Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 3) Train, ferry 2025 Online Attendance Official 1) Train, ferry Official 2) Train, ferry Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 1) Car, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry 2026 Official 1) Train, ferry Official 2) Bus, train, ferry Official 3) Train, ferry. Return journey – Flight, bus, train.
*All ferry journeys were taken as foot passengers except on one occasion in December 2023.
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