Free parking at Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary breakdown: FOI release

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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