Education Scotland's total spend on external consultants over the last 5 years: FOI release

Information requested

I am interested in Education Scotland's total spend on external consultants over the last five years.

For each of the last five years, please advise:

1. The total amount spent by Education Scotland on external advisors / advisory services.
2. A breakdown of this spending for each year, showing the name of each consultant/consultancy service, the purpose which they were engaged, the period of work for which they were engaged, and the cost to Education Scotland.

Response

Question 1

Year	Total consultancy costs
2023/24	NIL
2022/23	NIL
2021/22	NIL
2020/21	NIL
2019/20	£816
	£816

Question 2

In 2019/20, £816.00 was spent on consultancy services to Morton Fraser for legal advice on a lease variation relating to our office: Denholm House, Almondvale Business Park, Almonvale Way, Livingston EH54 6GA.

I hope this information is helpful.

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.