Annual expenditure on TV advertising: FOI release
- Published
- 31 October 2023
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- 202300341792
- Date received
- 5 February 2023
- Date responded
- 27 February 2023
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Annual expenditure on TV advertising 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, covering all advertising expenditure including Government supported and Scottish public sector bodies, not only direct government costs.
Response
I enclose some of the information you requested.
Annual direct Scottish Government TV advertising media spend, including live broadcast and video on demand was as follows by calendar year.
2018: £1,033,581
2019: £1,158,953
2020: £8,680,703
2021: £10,219,245
2022: £4,964,369
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s17 (information not held) of FOISA applies. The Scottish Government does not hold information relating to ‘all TV advertising expenditure by Government supported and Scottish public sector bodies’.
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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