FOI/202300385475 · FOI · partially withheld
Michael Matheson expenses in his capacity as a Government Minister: FOI release
Information requested
A full list of expenses accrued by Michael Matheson and members of his staff in relation to his duties as Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport and Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care. Could this data please be provided for the period 20 May 2021 to 16 November 2023.
Response
I have included a list of expenses accrued by Michael Matheson’s Private Office staff for the period outlined in your request. This information can be found in below in Annex A. In relation to the expenses accrued by Michael Matheson Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts received are routinely and proactively published in line with the Ministerial Code. This includes ministerial expense claims. Therefore, the following exemption applies to this information: Under Section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. In looking at the two relevant expenses for Mr Matheson in October 2022, I can flag that the entries in the published data were updated yesterday (14 December). This is because in the course of checking the entries for this FOI, we identified an administrative error made by a civil servant. The cost of the subsistence was entered as euros instead of being converted to pounds. The update changes the values from £24.00 and £17.80, to £20.92 and £15.51. The two subsistence costs were 24 euros and 17.80 euros respectively. ANNEX A - EXPENSES ACCRUED BY CABINET SECRETARY MICHAEL MATHESON PRIVATE OFFICE TEAM MEMBERS
Date Expense Type Cost (£) 09/03/2022 – 23/03/2022 Taxi 6.25 Motor Mileage 27.77 16/03/2022 Motor Mileage 155.70 04/05/2022 – 24/05/2022 Public Transport Rail Standard 10.70 Public Transport Rail Standard 27.60 14/06/2022 – 15/06/2023 Taxi 17.40 Meals Allowance 15.70 Taxi 16.40 09/05/2022 – 10/05/2022 Meals Allowance 12.84 Subsistence 44.30 Meals Allowance 5.57 Public Transport Rail Standard 14.83 Rotterdam city tax 12.27 27/07/2022 – 05/08/2022 Public Transport Rail Standard 10.70 Meals Allowance 5.85 Meals Allowance 13.64 25/08/2022 Public Transport Rail Standard 14.00 24/10/2022 – 25/10/2022 Meals Allowance 17.26 Public Transport – Bus 7.50 Meals Allowance 25.28 15/11/2022 Taxi 15.00 Taxi 15.30 16/11/2022 – 14/12/2022 Motor Mileage 10.70 Motor Mileage 11.88 19/11/2022 – 25/11/2022 Motor Mileage 28.17 Motor Mileage 28.17 10/01/2023 – 11/01//2023 Taxi 19.50 Meals Allowance 10.50 Meals Allowance 15.00 16/01/2023 Public Transport Rail Standard 27.60 18/08/2023 Motor Mileage 77.68
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Therefore, the following exemption applies to this information: Under Section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.
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