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Scottish Government building renovations: FOI release

Published
2025-08-05
Received
2025-04-09
Responded
2025-05-02
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Public sector
Exemptions
17, 17(1)

Information requested

Please provide the total amount that the Scottish Government has spent on renovations and interior decorations to the offices of Scottish Ministers in St Andrews House, Victoria Quay, and Atlantic Quay, broken down into a table to list the offices of each minister and to cover every financial year from 2021-22 to date.

Response

Ministerial Private Office provide 19 offices, available for Ministerial use between St Andrews House and 5 Atlantic Quay. There are no Ministerial offices in Victoria Quay. These rooms are prioritised for use by the Ministerial team but are bookable for use by the wider organisation when not in use.

The table below provides a breakdown of the expenditure to date within the timeframe specified:

BUILDING FINANCIAL YEAR COST £ ST ANDREWS HSE 21/22 £419.99 VICTORIA QUAY 21/22 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 21/22 £0.00 ST ANDREWS HSE 22/23 Section 17 (1) VICTORIA QUAY 22/23 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 22/23 £0.00 ST ANDREWS HSE 23/24 £2,146.90 VICTORIA QUAY 23/24 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 23/24 £0.00 ST ANDREWS HSE 24/25 £8,539.07 VICTORIA QUAY 24/25 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 24/25 £0.00

During Financial Year 22/23 a number of works were carried out in St Andrew’s House which included works on one ministerial room. The project was costed as a whole package therefore we are unable to quantify the costs directly associated to the ministerial room.

As such, this is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

Excluding the refurbishment costs of 22/23, on average the Scottish Government has incurred annual expenditure of £2,776.49 across the ministerial room allocation.

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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

Detected exemption language

The table below provides a breakdown of the expenditure to date within the timeframe specified: BUILDING FINANCIAL YEAR COST £ ST ANDREWS HSE 21/22 £419.99 VICTORIA QUAY 21/22 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 21/22 £0.00 ST ANDREWS HSE 22/23 Section 17 (1) VICTORIA QUAY 22/23 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 22/23 £0.00 ST ANDREWS HSE 23/24 £2,146.90 VICTORIA QUAY 23/24 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 23/24 £0.00 ST ANDREWS HSE 24/25 £8,539.07 VICTORIA QUAY 24/25 £0.00 5 ATLANTIC QUAY 24/25 £0.00 During Financial Year 22/23 a number of works were carried out in St Andrew’s House which included works on one ministerial room. As such, this is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

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