Free parking at Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary breakdown: FOI release
- Published
- 19 May 2021
- Directorate
- Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
- Topic
- Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100184313
- Date received
- 24 March 2021
- Date responded
- 23 April 2021
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
Please can you outline the monthly and annual cost to Scottish Government of making the parking at Ninewells, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary hospitals free for the year between April 2020 and March 2021.
Response
The information requested is as follows:
| Month |
Costs to the Scottish Government |
| April 2020 |
£357,000 |
| May 2020 |
£357,000 |
| June 2020 |
£357,000 |
| July 2020 |
£357,000 |
| August 2020 |
£357,000 |
| September 2020 |
£357,000 |
| October 2020 |
£557,574 |
| November 2020 |
£557,574 |
| December 2020 |
£557,574 |
| January 2021 |
£551,656 |
| February 2021 |
£551,656 |
| March 2021 |
£551,656 |
Additional costs not attributable to a particular month totalled £126,000. The total costs of making parking free during the specified period were therefore £5,595,690.
All figures are exclusive of VAT.
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Email: ceu@gov.scot
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