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

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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