Publication - FOI/EIR release

Number of mail items sent by Scottish Government: FOI release

Published: 20 December 2017
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector

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

FOI reference: FOI/17/02799
Date received: 17 November 2017
Date responded: 19 December 2017

Information requested

The number of mail items sent by the Scottish Government in each of the past five years (i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17)?
The amount of money spent on sending these items?

Response

The following table shows the number of mail items sent by the Scottish Government and the associated cost for the periods requested.

Year	Number of Items	Total Cost
2012/13	313105	£209,053
2013/14	311280	£205,509
2014/15	254799	£186,953
2015/16	223086	£184,411
2016/17	192221	£161,080

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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 Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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