Publication - FOI/EIR release

Budget to promote Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act: FOI release

Published: 12 April 2024
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202400405350
Date received: 20 March 2024
Date responded: 10 April 2024

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

Information requested

What budget has been set aside by the Scottish Government to promote through advertisement social media, TV, etc the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021?

Response

No advertising has promoted the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. For the purposes of this request we have presumed that you are referring to the hate crime public information campaign ‘Hate Hurts’, which ran in March 2024.

The total budget for the campaign was £389,689.50 which covered development, production, usage, public relations, website, partnerships and paid-for-media.

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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