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Costs to respond to written questions (sometimes known as parliamentary questions) lodged by Members of the Scottish Parliament: FOI release

Published: 30 October 2023
Directorate: Financial Management Directorate
Topic: Public sector
FOI reference: 202200332327
Date received: 29 November 2022
Date responded: 5 December 2022

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

Can the Scottish Government confirm what it costs, on average, to respond to written questions (sometimes known as parliamentary questions) lodged by Members of the Scottish Parliament?

Response

I can confirm that we hold this information and that the answer to your question is £98.51. This value was generated through a study completed by Scottish Government Finance into ‘the average cost of answering Scottish Government Parliamentary Questions’.

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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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