FOI/202400424507 · FOI · unclear
Expenditure on expenses for each Scottish Government international offices: FOI release
Information requested
All total expenditure on expenses for each overseas office for (a) transport (b) private rental accommodation (c) hospitality (d) miscellaneous in each of the last six years.
Response
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.
The table below provides most of the expenditure you have requested rounded up/down to the nearest £100.
You will see on the table that the figures for private rent is provided for Brussels, however I cannot include this for the other offices as we do not privately rent accommodation in these countries. Accommodation is provided by the FCDO and included in the "on platform" charge.
Beijing, China FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £20,700.00 £18,000.00 £2,900.00 £500.00 £5,300.00 £10,500.00 Hospitality £800.00 £400.00 £0.00 £0.00 £500.00 £300.00 Misc £1,800.00 £2,000.00 1000 £2,300.00 £700.00 £1,500.00 Berlin, Germany FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £11,600.00 £9,500.00 £1,100.00 £2,500.00 £12,000.00 £11,700.00 Hospitality £300.00 £200.00 £0 £100.00 £200.00 £400.00 Misc £2,300.00 £1,700.00 £3,900.00 £3,200.00 £5,200.00 £3,500.00 Copenhagen, Nordic Hub FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport n/a n/a n/a n/a £9,200.00 £8,900.00 Hospitality n/a n/a n/a n/a £300.00 £600.00 Misc n/a n/a n/a n/a £1,300.00 £3,600.00 Paris, France FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £16,400.00 £9,100.00 £100.00 £400.00 £4,100.00 £10,700.00 Hospitality £700.00 £100.00 £0.00 £300.00 £1,000.00 £1,000.00 Misc £1,300.00 £4,400.00 £2,400.00 £1,600.00 £1,500.00 £2,100.00 Washington, US FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £87,500.00 £55,800.00 £2,500.00 £15,500.00 £3,200.00 £29,000.00 Hospitality £4,900.00 £7,700.00 £200.00 £1,800.00 £3,000.00 £1,600.00 Misc £8,900.00 £21,800.00 £7,300.00 £6,400.00 £6,000.00 £4,300.00 Ottawa, Canada FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £25,700.00 £40,500.00 £1,800.00 £9,000.00 £28,600.00 £47,000.00 Hospitality £900.00 £2,000.00 £200.00 £1,400.00 £2,400.00 £500.00 Misc £700.00 £9,100.00 £11,200.00 £10,700.00 £6,100.00 £9,700 Dublin, Ireland FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £13,600.00 £7,800.00 £0.00 £4,700.00 £4,700.00 £5,000.00 Hospitality £7,300.00 £3,100.00 £200.00 £1,100.00 £1,100.00 £700.00 Misc £3,600.00 £3,700.00 £2,400.00 £4,000.00 £4,000.00 £2,500.00 Scotland House Brussels FY2018/19 FY2019/20 FY2020/21 FY2021/22 FY2022/23 FY2023/24 Transport £60,000.00 £77,000.00 £1,800.00 £7,000.00 £26,800.00 £30,300.00 Hospitality £1,700.00 £1,400.00 £100.00 £200.00 £1,800.00 £3,800.00 Misc £21,500.00 £28,200.00 £19,000.00 £54,500.00 £41,800.00 £14,900.00 Private Rent £138,000.00 £161,700.00 £155,200.00 £151,000.00 £192,000.00 £224,200.00
I also enclose for your information, the table below which details the current annual budget allocation for the Scottish Government’s overseas offices, including salary costings, upkeep, day-today running and hospitality costs [and does incorporate the figures noted above.
Budget for International/European Relations External Affairs Scottish Budget Scottish Budget Scottish Budget £million £million £million 2022/2023 2023/24 2024/25 Scottish Government Office China 0.438 0.38 0.383 Scottish Government Office United States 0.611 0.61 0.627 Scottish Government Office Canada 0.488 0.46 0.484 Scottish Government Office France 0.497 0.515 0.499 Nordic Hub Scottish Government Office, Copenhagen 0.45 0.53 0.547 Scotland House Brussels 1.828 1.828 1.893 Scottish Government Office Ireland 0.452 0.422 0.46 Scottish Government Office Germany 0.436 0.455 0.459
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Response 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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