FOI/202400401180 · FOI · unclear
Swimming pool fund, Belarusian politicians and the Budget 2024/25: FOI release
Information requested
1. How much money has the Scottish Government spent on EU flags and EU rules books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 with a breakdown of what the money was spent on?
2. All correspondence and requests from councils and council bodies to the Scottish Government about the £6m swimming pool consequentials from the UK Government, between April 1 2023 and the date of this FOI.
3. All correspondence between the Scottish Government and Sir Tom Hunter, including internal correspondence about him, notes and minutes from meetings with him, between September 1 2023 and the date of this FOI.
4. All correspondence held, including minutes and notes, briefings, about Humza Yousaf and the Scottish Government joining the support for Belarusian politicians, including how much it will cost.
5. Full cost of Humza Yousaf's trip to London in January and full receipts from the trip, including how much his officials cost.
6. All minutes and notes from his EU discussions on Tuesday January 30 in London, including a full list of attendees.
7. Who was the final person who signed off on the budget 2024/25?
8. All minutes and notes taken at the climate change summit on February 1, including a full list of attendees.
Response
I have set out the Scottish Government’s response to your queries below and in doing so, I have separated out our response as a separate annex for each query below. The introductory paragraphs for each annex includes any assumptions we have made concerning your request, details regarding exempted information under FOISA, and our reasons for redacting the information from our response.
Question Annex 1. How much money has the Scottish Government spent on EU flags and EU rules books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 with a breakdown of what the money was spent on? Annex A 2. All correspondence and requests from councils and council bodies to the Scottish Government about the £6m swimming pool consequentials from the UK Government, between April 1 2023 and the date of this FOI Annex B 3. All correspondence between the Scottish Government and Sir Tom Hunter, including internal correspondence about him, notes and minutes from meetings with him, between September 1 2023 and the date of this FOI. Annex C 4. All correspondence held, including minutes and notes, briefings, about Humza Yousaf and the Scottish Government joining the support for Belarusian politicians, including how much it will cost? Annex D 5. Full cost of Humza Yousaf's trip to London in January and full receipts from the trip, including how much his officials cost? Annex E 6. All minutes and notes from his EU discussions on Tuesday January 30 in London, including a full list of attendees. Annex F 7. Who was the final person who signed off on the budget 2024/25? Annex G 8. All minutes and notes taken at the climate change summit on February 1, including a full list of attendees? Annex H
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