Consultancy with regard to education in Scotland: FOI release

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


Information requested

Please list any public relations, communications, media consultancy, lobbying firms or private consultants or consultancy companies hired to support with Education Scotland, the SQA or other educational work by the Scottish Government in the last five years:

Please provide:

  • The name of the firm (or individual/freelancer)
  • The start and end date of each contract
  • The amount of money paid to each firm (including VAT)
  • The remit/purpose of the hire, and detail of what activities they undertook.

Response

The answer to your request is set out in the attached table.

Information provided outwith of FOISA

For the purposes of your Freedom of Information Request we have used the Scottish Government’s definition of consultant, considers a which can be found at the link below. This is from the publically available guidance on the use of consultants for public bodies in Scotland.

Use of consultants: guidance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

FOI 202200277975 - Information Released - Table

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
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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