Education Scotland's Leadership Team 'away days' in 2022 and 2023: FOI release

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


Information requested

Details of any "away days" involving Education Scotland's leadership team in 2022 and 2023, including dates, locations, attendees and a full breakdown of the costs, including for accommodation, venue hire etc.

Response

The information you have requested is detailed in the table below. Please note that some of the information prior to 2023 is not available due to systems retention policies and staffing changes. This has been noted below as ‘S17 Information not held’.

Date

Location

Attendees

Venue cost

Breakdown of cost *Catering

Accommodation

15th and 16th February 2022

Education Scotland Boardroom, Optima Building Glasgow

*Assumed attendance based on limited information available in outlook, asking colleagues. Gayle Gorman, Gillian Hamilton, Janie McManus, Craig Clement, Patricia Watson, Gill Ritchie,Ollie Bray

£0

S17 Information not held

£715.20

31st May and 1st June 2022

Education Scotland Aberdeen Office – Meeting rooms AB1 and AB2 booked

*Assumed attendance based on limited information available in outlook, asking colleagues. Gayle Gorman, Gillian Hamilton, Janie McManus, Craig Clement, Patricia Watson, GillRitchie, Ollie Bray

£0

S17 Information not held

£427.00

16th and 17th August2022

Education Scotland Boardroom, Optima Building, Glasgow

*Assumed attendance based on limited information available in outlook, asking colleagues Gayle Gorman, Gillian Hamilton, Janie McManus, Ollie Bray, Craig Clement, Patricia Watson, Gill Ritchie

£0

S17 Information not held

£295.60

7th and 8th November 2022

Education Scotland Conference Room 2, Endeavour House, Dundee

Gayle Gorman, Gillian Hamilton, Janie McManus, Patricia Watson, Ollie Bray, Gill Ritchie, Craig Clement [REDACTED - 3 names other than LT]

£0

£109.14

£299.30

14th and 15th February 2023

Education Scotland Boardroom, Optima Building, Glasgow

Gayle Gorman, Gillian Hamilton, Janie McManus, Patricia Watson, Ollie Bray, Gill Ritchie, Maureen Hamilton* [REDACTED - 3 names other than LT] *Contributors to the agenda

£0

£207.30

£588.00

27th and 28th June 2023

Education Scotland Denholm House, Livingston

Gillian Hamilton, Janie McManus, Patricia Watson, Ollie Bray, Gill Ritchie, Craig Clement, Maureen Hamilton [REDACTED - 7 names other than LT]

£0

£300.30

£436.00

19th and 20th September 2023

Education Scotland Boardroom, Optima Building, Glasgow

Gillian Hamilton, Ollie Bray, Gill Ritchie, Maureen Hamilton [REDACTED - 11 names other than LT]

£0

£244.00

£216

7th and 8th November 2023

Scottish Government Agnes Husband House 1.1 Jame McIntosh Patrick, Dundee

Gillian Hamilton, Ollie Bray, Gill Ritchie, Janie McManus, Maureen Hamilton, Patricia Watson [REDACTED - 1 names other than LT]

£0

*Catering not ordered to align with financial pressures £0

£281.10

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