Flag expenses since 2015: FOI release
- Published
- 22 November 2023
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202300376489
- Date received
- 19 September 2023
- Date responded
- 10 October 2023
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
- Total expense, delineated by year from 2015 to 2022 and 2023 to current date, incurred by the Scottish Government for purchase of flags, delineated by type of flag. ‘Type’ here means the content of the flag, e.g. ‘Scottish flag’ ‘EU flag’ ‘LGBTQ+ flag’ etc.
- Total number of flags, delineated by year from 2015 to 2022 and 2023 to current date, purchased by the Scottish Government, delineated by type of flag.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
The Scottish Government does not hold information for 2015 and 2016 as this has been routinely deleted in accordance with our standard records management practice, before the date of your request.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
Information for 2017 to 19 September 2023 is provided in the tables below.
2017 / 18
|
Flag type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
Saltire |
12 |
£134.50 |
|
Suffragette |
1 |
£190.80 |
2018 / 19
|
Flag type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
Saltire |
18 |
£2057.07 |
|
Saltire / China table flags |
10 |
£143.61 |
|
Union |
1 |
£186.60 |
2019 / 20
|
Flag Type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
Europe |
1 |
£227.67 |
|
Icelandic |
1 |
£152.64 |
|
Saltire |
507 |
£2,965.95 |
2020 / 21
|
Flag type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
European |
1 |
£262.80 |
|
Saltire |
1 |
£262.80 |
|
Saltire (handheld) |
5000 |
£2,500.00 |
|
UN |
2 |
£780.00 |
2021 / 22
|
Flag type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
Europe |
1 |
£262.80 |
|
Saltire |
2 |
£320.80 |
|
Scottish Standard |
1 |
£227.40 |
2022 / 23
|
Flag type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
European |
2 |
£654.00 |
|
Nato |
1 |
£390.00 |
|
Pride |
2 |
£26.92 |
|
Saltire (handheld) |
3 |
£4.00 |
|
Saltire |
7 |
£1,267.00 |
|
Ukraine (handheld) |
25 |
£11.26 |
|
Ukraine |
2 |
£250.08 |
2023 / 19 Sept 2023
|
Flag type |
Number of flags |
Cost |
|
Denmark |
1 |
£210.60 |
|
Ireland |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
European |
3 |
£754.70 |
|
France |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
Germany |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
Iceland |
1 |
£210.60 |
|
Italy |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
Netherland |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
Norway |
1 |
£210.60 |
|
Poland |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
Pride |
2 |
£829.20 |
|
Spain |
1 |
£108.00 |
|
Saltire |
6 |
£1,084.56 |
|
Sweden |
1 |
£210.60 |
|
Ukraine |
2 |
£330.00 |
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