Average office occupancy of Scottish Government offices: FOI release

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


Information requested

1. The average office occupancy, as a percentage, of the Scottish Government’s offices at: (a) St Andrew’s House, (b) Victoria Quay, (c) Saughton House and (d) Atlantic Quay, broken down by each month since December 2023.

2. The total running costs of each of the Scottish Government’s offices at: (a) St Andrew’s House, (b) Victoria Quay, (c) Saughton House and (d) Atlantic Quay, broken down by each month since December 2023.

Response

1. The table below contains the average occupancies for each month rounded up to the nearest decimal place since December 2023:

Percentage Occupancy

Saint Andrews House

Victoria Quay

Saughton House

Atlantic Quay

Dec-23

25%

20%

13%

24%

Jan-24

15%

27%

12%

24%

Feb-24

18%

30%

17%

31%

Mar-24

20%

30%

16%

54%

Apr-24

29%

27%

16%

38%

May-24

32%

27%

19%

40%

Jun-24

31%

27%

20%

33%

Jul-24

28%

23%

18%

33%

Aug-24

38%

21%

25%

53%

Sep-24

39%

21%

24%

52%

Oct-24

35%

21%

33%

54%

Nov-24

45%

22%

24%

57%

Dec-24

26%

14%

15%

36%

These percentages have been calculated by dividing the number of unique building pass users recorded over a 24 hour sample period by the number of available desks in each of the 4 core SG buildings. A sample is taken on one day of each week and totalled together with the other sample days in the month then divided by how many weeks occurred.

2. The table below contains the running costs for each month since December 2023:

Running Costs (£)

Saint Andrews House

Victoria Quay

Saughton House

Atlantic Quay

Dec-23

£49,857.25

£85,539.80

£46,908.11

£27,521.65

Jan-24

£52,848.68

£90,672.18

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Feb-24

£52,848.68

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Mar-24

£52,848.68

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Apr-24

£52,848.68

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

May-24

£52,873.50

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Jun-24

£52,873.50

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Jul-24

£52,873.50

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Aug-24

£52,873.50

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Sep-24

£52,873.50

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Oct-24

£52,873.50

£90,694.51

£49,722.60

£29,172.95

Nov-24

£53,575.50

£91,656.51

£50,158.10

£29,804.75

Dec-24

£53,575.50

£91,656.51

£50,158.10

£29,804.75

Running costs take account of all hard and soft maintenance costs and these increase in January for Indexation purposes and another increase in November which covers the Real Living Wage uplift.​​​​​​​

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