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FOI/202300389013 · FOI · partially withheld

Corporate cars cost and tax paid for specified dates: FOI release

Published
2024-02-14
Received
2023-12-12
Responded
2023-12-27
Directorate
Corporate Operations Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

1. How much has the Scottish Government paid out for car tax in 2021, 2022 and 2023? Breakdown for each cost. Could you supply a list of incidents when car tax ran out if this happened?

2. How much has the Scottish Government paid out for low emission zones in 2021, 2022 and 2023? Breakdown for each cost. Could you supply a list of these incidents, including where it happened and who was charged?

3. Who had the final sign-off for charges on the Scottish Government credit card between 2020 and 2023?

Response

1. How much has the Scottish Government paid out for car tax in 2021, 2022 and 2023? Breakdown for each cost. -Could you supply a list of incidents when car tax ran out if this happened?

All Scottish Government fleet vehicles are owned and operated under the “Crown Vehicle” Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) exemption; therefore, no costs have been incurred during 2021, 2022 and 2023.

2. How much has the Scottish Government paid out for low emission zones in 2021, 2022 and 2023? Breakdown for each cost. Could you supply a list of these incidents, including where it happened and who was charged?

The Scottish Government has not incurred any Low Emission Zone (LEZ) costs during 2021, 2022 and 2023.

3. Who had the final sign-off for charges on the Scottish Government credit card between 2020 and 2023?

Each Scottish Government electronic Procurement Card has an authoriser assigned to it. The role of the authoriser is to approve what was bought and the budget it is charged to.

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Detected exemption language

All Scottish Government fleet vehicles are owned and operated under the “Crown Vehicle” Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) exemption; therefore, no costs have been incurred during 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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