Publication - FOI/EIR release

Engagement and total cost incurred by Quality Meat Scotland: FOI release

Published: 15 December 2021
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202100244804
Date received: 5 October 2021
Date responded: 18 November 2021

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

Information requested

I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for the total costs incurred by Quality Meat Scotland from 2014 to the present day. This includes all secretariat staffing costs, daily board member fees and expenses, events, publications and office-running costs.

I would also like a record of all engagement between board members and Scottish Government ministers and Cabinet Secretaries from 2014 to the present day.

Response

Date	Engagement Type	Subject	Minister
23/09/2021	Board meeting	Board Meeting	Mairi Gougeon
03/08/2021	Introductory Meeting	Introductory Meeting	Mairi Gougeon
17/03/2021	Meeting	General Catch up	Fergus Ewing
24/09/2020	Meeting	QMS Board Meeting	Fergus Ewing
03/09/2020	Meeting/Conference Call	Quality Meat Scotland and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
28/7/2020	Meeting	General catch up	Michael Russell
26/05/2020	Meeting/Conference Call	QMS Covid19 Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
07/05/2020	Media/Interview Podcast	QMS Covid19 Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
25/02/2020	Speech	QMS 'Meat the Future' Conference	Fergus Ewing
18/02/2020	Meeting	QMS Chair Kate Rowell & QMS Chief Executive Alan Clarke Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
14/01/2020	Parliamentary Reception	QMS Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
13/11/2019	Meeting	QMS Animal Health	Fergus Ewing
06/10/2019	Reception	Quality Meat Scotland Reception Dinner in Cologne Farming and Food Production/Food and Drink	Fergus Ewing
25/09/2019	Meeting	QMS to discuss agriculture and red meat sectors Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
25/09/2018	Introductory Meeting	Kate Rowell, Quality Meat Scotland Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing and Mairi Gougeon
20/09/2018	Board Meeting	QMS Board Meeting Food and Drink	Fergus Ewing
22/02/2018	Meeting	Attending Quality Meat Scotland Board Meeting Food & Drink/Agriculture	Fergus Ewing
26/09/2017	Meeting	Quality Meat Scotland to discuss priorities and receive update on work Rural Economy/farming/food and drink	Fergus Ewing
08/12/2016	Meeting	Quality Meat Scotland Board meeting Food and Drink	Fergus Ewing
20/09/2016	Meeting	QMS Agriculture	Fergus Ewing
20/09/2016	Meeting	Uel Morton, Quality Meat Scotland Food and Drink	Fergus Ewing

Wider Stakeholders

Date	Engagement Type	Organisation/Individual Met With	Subject	Minister
10/06/2021	Event	QMS Highland Show podcast	QMS Podcast	Mairi Gougeon
28/05/2020	Meeting	Quality Meat Scotland, ScotBeef, Ross Bros and Aldi	COVID- 19/Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
07/05/2020	Event	N/A	QMS Pdcast
06/11/2019	Meeting	National Farmers Union Scotland, Quality Meat Scotland and local authority caterers	School Food Provision	Fergus Ewing
21/6/2019	Event	Highland Show	Royal Highland Show	First Minister
20/06/2019	Event	QMS Breakfast	Royal Highland Show Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing and Mairi Gougeon
21/06/2019	Reception	QMS Breakfast	Food Production/Brexit	Fergus Ewing
05/12/2018	Photo Opportunity	Aldi with QMS Food and drink	Quality Meat Scotland	Fergus Ewing
21/06/2018	Event	QMS Breakfast	Royal Highland Show Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
22/06/2017	Event	QMS Breakfast	Royal Highland Show Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
23/06/2016	Event	QMS Breakfast	Royal Highland Show Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
18/06/2015	Event	QMS Breakfast	Royal Highland Show Farming and Food Production	Fergus Ewing
19/06/2014	Event	QMS Breakfast	Royal Highland Show Farming and Food Production	Richard Lochhead
24/01/2014	Event	QMS Marketing Conference		Richard Lochhead

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Contact

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
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