Scottish Government hospitality services for 2017–18 broken down by directorate: FOI release

Information requested

Full cost to the Scottish Government for hospitality services for the financial year 2017-2018 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 2017/18. Therefore, any directorates in your requested list which have been created since 2017/18 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	2017/18 (£s)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate	73,164
Budget and Public Spending Directorate	438
Chief Economist Directorate	2,017
Chief Medical Officer Directorate	27
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate	5,897
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate	3,022
Children and Families Directorate	32,738
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate	33,357
Constitution Directorate	7,652
Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate	2,142
Covid Inquiries Response Directorate	0
Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform Directorate	4,840
Culture and Major Events Directorate	3,584
Digital Directorate	20,930
Digital Health and Care Directorate	10,226
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate	0
Economic Development Directorate	38,856
Economic Strategy and Fair Work Directorate	648
Education Reform Directorate	0
Energy and Climate Change Directorate	8,394
Environment and Forestry Directorate	14,718
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate	10,293
EU Directorate	2,026
External Affairs Directorate	28,571
Financial Management Directorate	1,204
Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development Directorate	0
Health and Social Care Finance and Governance	1,256
Health Workforce Directorate	5,493
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate	3,433
Internal Audit and Assurance Directorate	1,537
International Trade and Investment Directorate	1,766
Justice Directorate	13,087
Learning Directorate	12,213
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)	7,144
Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate	3,194
Local Government and Housing Directorate	15,858
Marine Directorate	43,485
Mental Health Directorate	347
Offshore Wind Directorate	0
Parliamentary Counsel Office	171
People Directorate	14,084
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate	0
Population Health Directorate	15,612
Primary Care Directorate	439
Propriety and Ethics Directorate	0
Safer Communities Directorate	7,533
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate	15,711
Social Care and National Care Service Development	3,459
Social Security Directorate	6,613
Strategy Directorate	88
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate	4,448
Tax and Revenues Directorate	1,021
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate	0

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