Publication - FOI/EIR release

Baby Boxes: total expenditure and number issued 2018-2019: FOI release

Published: 18 March 2020
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202000019661
Date received: 8 March 2020
Date responded: 17 March 2020

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

Information requested

You asked:

How many baby boxes have been issued during the 2018–2019 financial year and how much has this cost the taxpayer using the same dates.

Response

48,647 Baby Boxes have been issued from 1 April 2018 up until 31 March 2019.
The total expenditure for Scotland’s Baby Box from 1 April 2018 up until 31 March 2019 is £8,704,115.39.

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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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