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Total costs incurred by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL): FOI release

Published: 11 November 2021
Topic: Public sector, Transport
FOI reference: FOI/202100244588
Date received: 4 October 2021
Date responded: 29 October 2021

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

1. The total costs incurred by Highlands and Islands Airports organisation from 2014 to the present day. This includes all secretariat staffing costs, daily board member fees and expenses, events, publications and office running costs.

2. A record of all engagement between board members and Scottish Government ministers and Cabinet Secretaries from 2014 to the present day

Response

1. The information you have requested in relation to total costs incurred by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) from 2013-14 to 2020-21 is shown in the following table.

Year	Cost (£m)
2013-14	39.285
2014-15	40.759
2015-16	45.734
2016-17	49.664
2017-18	48.706
2018-19	50.390
2019-20	52.445
2020-21	49.578

In relation to 2021-22, costs to the end of September 2021 are £24.490 million.

You may be interested in HIAL’s published accounts which can be viewed on the Companies House website at:

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC097647/filing-history

2. The following table lists engagement between Scottish Government Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries and HIAL from 2014 to the present day.

Date	Minister	Board Member(s)
21 January 2014	Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans	Grenville Johnston, Chair Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
26 March 2014	Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans	Grenville Johnston, Chair
19 February 2015	Derek Mackay MSP, Minister for Transport and Islands	Grenville Johnston, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
17 September 2015	Derek Mackay MSP, Minister for Transport and Islands	Grenville Johnston, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
4 March 2016	Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism	Grenville Johnston, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
8 August 2016	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
5 October 2016	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Mike Cantlay, Chair
17 January 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Mike Cantlay, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director. Gillian Bruton, Finance Director. David Savile, Non-Executive Director. Tim Whittome, Non-Executive Director. Lorna Jack, Non-Executive Director. Jim McLaughlin, Non-Executive Director
20 February 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Mike Cantlay, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
5 July 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
12 July 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Mike Cantlay, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
5 September 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Mike Cantlay, Chair
29 November 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
18 December 2017	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director. Gillian Bruton, Finance Director. David Savile, Non Executive Director. Tim Whittome, Non-Executive Director. Jim McLaughlin, Non-Executive Director
12 March 2018	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
28 June 2018	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
13 September 2018	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
27 November 2018	Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
29 November 2018	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair.
27 March 2019	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
8 May 2019	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
1 July 2019	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
10 September 2019	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
29 October 2019	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
19 February 2020	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
26 February 2020	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director. Gillian Bruton, Finance Director. David Savile, Non-Executive Director. Tim Whittome, Non-Executive Director. Jim McLaughlin, Non-Executive Director. Eric Hollanders, Non-Executive Director. Loraine Strachan Non-Executive Director
8 May 2020	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
30 June 2020	First Minister	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
28 June 2018	Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport and the Islands	Lorna Jack, Interim Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
30 September 2020	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
10 November 2020	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
16 March 2021	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director/
29 March 2021	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
12 April 2021	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
4 May 2021	Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity	Inglis Lyon, Managing Director.
16 June 2021	Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Transport	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
17 August 2021	Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Transport	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
24 August 2021	Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director
5 October 2021	Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Transport	Lorna Jack, Chair. Inglis Lyon, Managing Director

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