Scottish Government consultations expenditure: FOI release

Information requested

The total cost to produce and analyse a list of consultations.

Response

Please see below a table containing most of the information you requested:

Consultation	Total Cost
Long-term prisoner release process: consultation	£517.49
Media reporting on child homicide victims: a consultation on the issues	£3098.89
Scottish Law Commission report on review of contract law	£529.17
Consultation on permanency of certain criminal justice measures from the Coronavirus Recovery and Reform (Scotland) Act 2022 and modernising criminal justice procedures through digital processes	£13,487.66
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Code of Practice on the exercise of powers by Proper Persons in Scotland	£631.49
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: code of practice on the exercise of search powers by constables in Scotland	£916.63
Scotland's pavement parking prohibitions - consultation on enforcement regulations for local authorities	£0.00
Consultation on changes to the Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2001	£431.94
Plannin+A175:A199g with People: Community engagement and participation guidance - service user questionnaire	£0.00
Improving victims' experiences of the justice system: consultation	£21,305.06
Police complaints, investigations and misconduct: a consultation on legislation	£83,872.79
The independent strategic review of funding and commissioning of violence against women and girls services: call for evidence
National Strategy for Community Justice: Revision Consultation	£469.16
The not proven verdict and related reforms	£19,727.33
Scottish court fees 2022-2025	£929.05
Bail and release from custody arrangements in Scotland	£16,682.00
Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Scottish statutory guidance	£498.42
The next Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland	£2789.02
The future of Recorded Crime and Police Activity Statistics	£1217.71
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey	£1515.85
National Strategy for Community Justice: Review Consultation	£325.34
Use and Sale of Fireworks in Scotland, and tackling the misuse of pyrotechnics	£35,500.00

Please note that the costs above do not include staff costs associated with the production and analysis of consultations. This is because the Scottish Government does keep records of time allocated to particular tasks. As such, this is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have all the information you have requested.

The two consultations with zero costs associated can be attributable to the fact that policy colleagues produced and analysed the consultations entirely in house, including uploading relevant documentation to Citizen Space and, as noted above, the time spent doing so would not be recorded.

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