Scottish Government hospitality services for 2018-19 broken down by directorate: FOI release

Information requested

Full cost to the Scottish Government for hospitality services for the financial year 2018-2019 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 2018/19. Therefore, any directorates in your requested list which have been created since 2018/19 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	2018/19 (£s)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate	215,427
Budget and Public Spending Directorate	569
Chief Economist Directorate	2,292
Chief Medical Officer Directorate	4,729
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate	31,241
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate	7,821
Children and Families Directorate	45,914
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate	179,184
Constitution Directorate	9,098
Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate	907
Covid Inquiries Response Directorate	0
Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform Directorate	4,594
Culture and Major Events Directorate	7,077
Digital Directorate	33,943
Digital Health and Care Directorate	2,781
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate	6,101
Economic Development Directorate	36,154
Economic Strategy and Fair Work Directorate	916
Education Reform Directorate	0
Energy and Climate Change Directorate	8,264
Environment and Forestry Directorate	12,639
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate	8,467
EU Directorate	1,748
External Affairs Directorate	29,713
Financial Management Directorate	3,480
Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development Directorate	0
Health and Social Care Finance and Governance	12,969
Health Workforce Directorate	5,838
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate	20,854
Internal Audit and Assurance Directorate	1,427
International Trade and Investment Directorate	5,250
Justice Directorate	11,683
Learning Directorate	14,630
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)	5,312
Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate	5,843
Local Government and Housing Directorate	19,669
Marine Directorate	58,674
Mental Health Directorate	1,846
Offshore Wind Directorate	0
Parliamentary Counsel Office	905
People Directorate	11,125
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate	0
Population Health Directorate	14,253
Primary Care Directorate	5,388
Propriety and Ethics Directorate	0
Safer Communities Directorate	10,184
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate	11,189
Social Care and National Care Service Development	5,895
Social Security Directorate	51,562
Strategy Directorate	0
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate	10,240
Tax and Revenues Directorate	298
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate	0

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