Scottish Government expenditure on Airbnb: FOI release
- Published
- 21 February 2022
- Directorate
- Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
- Topic
- Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202200275989
- Date received
- 26 January 2022
- Date responded
- 8 February 2022
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
In each financial year since and including 2018/19, please provide the total Scottish Government expenditure on Airbnb, including the justification and links to the listings booked, if available.
Response
| Financial Year |
Total Scottish Government Expenditure on Airbnb |
| 2018/19 |
£2,256.70 |
| 2019/20 |
£28,794.07 |
| 2020/21 |
£6,819.55 |
| 2021 to 31/01/2022 |
£2,194.99 |
All purchases made for Airbnb accommodation have been made using the Scottish Government electronic Purchasing Card, details of which have been recorded on and sourced from the Scottish Procurement Information Hub, which records spend from over 100 Scottish Public Sector bodies (but not all public sector bodies).
The Hub does not provide detail of the justification for expenditure or any links to listings of booked accommodation. Airbnb has been used in the past when there is a critical business need and in exceptional circumstance, for example for self catered accommodation, that was not available through Corporate Travel Management (CTM) at very short notice.
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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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