Detailed breakdown of total amount spent, financial losses and compensation payments across the various areas for financial years 2021 to 2026 up to date

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Your request was about the following information:

Q1. The total amount spent on corporate functions by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date. Please also break this down by the type of function – for example, human resources. 

Q2. The total amount of money spent fixing/replacing broken equipment in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date. 

Q3. The total financial loss to your organisation on written off inventory and IT equipment in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025 26 to date. 

Q4. The total amount of money spent on consultants by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date. 

Q5. The total amount of money spent on agency staff by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date. 

Q6. The total amount of money spent on recruitment agencies by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date.

Q7. The total amount of money spent on social media advertising by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date. Please provide the reason for the advertising in each case if possible. 

Q8. The total amount of compensation payments made by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date.

Response

The information requested for questions Q2 – Q7 between 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2025 is already publicly available on the FSS website. and can be accessed via the links provided below. 

Annual Report and Accounts

The Public Services Reform Act 2010 

FSS Disclosures Under The Public Services Reform Act 2010 | Food Standards Scotland 

Please refer to the table below covering questions 2 to 7 for data from 31st March 2025 to date.

  2025 - Date
Q2The total amount of money spent fixing/replacing broken equipment0
Q3The total financial loss to your organisation on written off inventory and IT equipment0
Q4The total amount of money spent on consultants by your organisation0
Q5The total amount of money spent on agency staff by your organisation£631,749.97
Q6 The total amount of money spent on recruitment agencies by your organisation£12,131.00
Q7The total amount of money spent on social media advertising by your organisation. Please provide the reason for the advertising in each case if possible.£14,349.00 Promote the new website to food businesses in Scotland. In-house spend was to extend the reach of some posts relating to food safety and healthy eating on FSS social media pages.

A breakdown for Q1 & Q8 has been provided below;

Q1. The total amount spent on corporate functions by your organisation. Please also break this down by the type of function – for example, human resources.
2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26 to date
Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2021-22.pdfAccounts 22-23_FSS.pdfAnnual_Report_Accounts_2023-24.pdfFSS_annual reports and accounts 2024-25.pdf

Internal Audit - 0 

External Audit – 0 

Legal – 0 

Payroll - £135,440.00 

IT - £329,324.00 

Procurement - £111,330.00

Q8. The total amount of compensation payments made by your organisation in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date.
2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26 to date
0000£10,084.00

 

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