Events held by the Scottish Government in the international office in London: FOI release

Information requested

The number of events held by the Scottish Government international office in London 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 London (Scotland House London) opened in 2017. 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.

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