Scottish Government buildings which are not in use: FOI release

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


Information requested

List of buildings owned by the Scottish Government which are not in use as of today.

For each of these buildings, please provide:

1. Name

2. Location

3. Annual maintenance expense since 2015

4. Size

5. Last use purpose

Response

The Scottish Government has identified one building that meets the criteria of your request. It is a store on the Marine Science campus, at Torry, Aberdeen that has been secured and out of use for operational activity since October 2023. It is earmarked for demolition which will be taking place soon. In the interim, it has been used as storage but the items that were stored there were removed on 31st July 2024.

1. Store (also known as Building K)

2. Marine Science Campus, Torry, Aberdeen.

3. Maintenance of the campus is priced as a whole without any breakdown on the costs associated with individual buildings.

4. 1080 sq m

5. Store

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

Back to top