Scottish Government hospitality services for 2015–16 broken down by directorate: FOI release

Information requested

Full cost to the Scottish Government for hospitality services for the financial year 2015-2016 broken down by the following directorates:
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Budget and Public Spending Directorate
Chief Economist Directorate
Chief Medical Officer Directorate
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate
Covid Inquiries Response Directorate
Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform Directorate
Culture and Major Events Directorate
Digital Directorate
Digital Health and Care Directorate
EU Directorate
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Economic Strategy and Fair Work Directorate
Education Reform Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
External Affairs Directorate
Financial Management Directorate
Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development Directorate
Health Workforce Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance and Governance
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate
Internal Audit and Assurance Directorate
International Trade and Investment Directorate
Justice Directorate
Learning Directorate
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Marine Directorate
Mental Health Directorate
Offshore Wind Directorate
Parliamentary Counsel Office
People Directorate
People, Appointments and Governance
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Primary Care Directorate
Propriety and Ethics Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Social Security Directorate
Strategy Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Tax and Revenues Directorate
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate

Response

The table below summarises the value of hospitality costs on the Scottish Government’s financial reporting system for each requested directorate. Your requested list of directorates reflects the Scottish Government’s current directorate structure, which has changed since 2015/16. Therefore, any directorates in your requested list which have been created since 2015/16 are listed in the table below, but will have no costs recorded against them as they did not exist at this time.

Hospitality Costs by Directorate	2015/16 (£s)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate	91,751
Budget and Public Spending Directorate	239
Chief Economist Directorate	1,925
Chief Medical Officer Directorate	5,607
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate	440
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate	1,251
Children and Families Directorate	21,884
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate	73,035
Constitution Directorate	7,545
Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate	1,162
Covid Inquiries Response Directorate	0
Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform Directorate	4,540
Culture and Major Events Directorate	3,163
Digital Directorate	5,533
Digital Health and Care Directorate	10,438
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate	0
Economic Development Directorate	13,188
Economic Strategy and Fair Work Directorate	0
Education Reform Directorate	0
Energy and Climate Change Directorate	9,905
Environment and Forestry Directorate	10,982
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate	8,299
EU Directorate	2,074
External Affairs Directorate	115,039
Financial Management Directorate	2,278
Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development Directorate	0
Health and Social Care Finance and Governance	3,711
Health Workforce Directorate	8,527
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate	4,472
Internal Audit and Assurance Directorate	2,179
International Trade and Investment Directorate	0
Justice Directorate	22,039
Learning Directorate	11,829
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)	6,162
Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate	6,425
Local Government and Housing Directorate	31,625
Marine Directorate	58,620
Mental Health Directorate	1,343
Offshore Wind Directorate	0
Parliamentary Counsel Office	314
People Directorate	4,487
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate	0
Population Health Directorate	4,649
Primary Care Directorate	12,042
Propriety and Ethics Directorate	0
Safer Communities Directorate	5,614
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate	19,503
Social Care and National Care Service Development	1,870
Social Security Directorate	4,805
Strategy Directorate	0
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate	3,652
Tax and Revenues Directorate	752
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate	0

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