Events held by the Scottish Government international office in Beijing: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
The number of events held by the Scottish Government international office in Beijing since its creation.
A breakdown of the cost of each of these events, including food, drink and entertainment.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, this is notice that under Section 17 of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The international Office in Beijing opened in 2005. The Scottish Public Finance Manual outlines that retention periods for financial records should comply with those indicated in the Retention and Disposal Schedule for Accounting Records. These currently indicate that financial records should normally be retained for either 6 years or 2 years, depending on the type of record, following the end of the financial year in question.
I have however attached an annex related to another FOI which will give you some of the information you have requested covering the years from 2022 to present.
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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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