FOI/202400427479 · FOI · released
Costs for the Scottish International Offices: FOI release
Information requested
Costs for Scottish International Offices for 2023/24 please.
Also, please break down costs for each of the offices and provide further breakdown as follows for each office: staff costs, number of staff (ie diplomatic staff/locally-engaged staff), travel and expenses, office costs including rent.
Response
I enclose some of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, this is notice that under Section 17 of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested which is explained in our response.
You will see that the only rental figure provided is that for Brussels. All other offices are based within a British Embassy or High Commission and staff have accommodation provided by the FCDO to whom we pay an "on platform" charge of which the accommodation cost is included in the overall annual charge.
The table below, which details the Scottish Government’s international offices overseas annual budget allocation for 2023/2024, includes salary costings, upkeep, day-today running and hospitality costs and does incorporate the figures noted under the Travel & Expenses and Rent column as well as FCDO platform charges.
Scottish Budget SG Civil Servants Country Based staff Travel & Expenses Rent £million 2023/24 Scottish Government Office China 0.38 1 3 £10,500.00 On FCDO platform Scottish Government Office United States 0.61 2 2 £29,000.00 On FCDO platform Scottish Government Office Canada 0.46 2 1 £47,000.00 On FCDO platform Scottish Government Office Paris 0.515 2 1 £10,700.00 On FCDO platform Scottish Government Office Copenhagen 0.53 2 1 £8,900.00 On FCDO platform Scotland House Brussels 1.828 10 5 £30,300.00 £224,200.00 Scottish Government Office Dublin 0.422 2 1 £5,000.00 On FCDO platform Scottish Government Office Berlin 0.455 2 1 £11,700.00 On FCDO platform Scotland House London 1.804 14 0 £13,200 £249,600
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While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, this is notice that under Section 17 of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested which is explained in our response.
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