Publication - FOI/EIR release

Contact Scotland BSL contract costs breakdown: FOI release

Published: 26 June 2025
Directorate: Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500459975
Date received: 1 April 2025
Date responded: 30 April 2025

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

Information requested

You asked for a full breakdown of the costs to the Scottish Government for the Contact Scotland BSL contract over the last 3 years, including total costs and any available breakdown available within the contract costs.

Response

I enclose below a copy of all of the information you requested.

Contact Scotland costs 2022/23 to 2024/25	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23
Core service	£324,720	£324,720	£596,525*
Extra Minutes service	£471,649	£541,614	£542,036*
Contract/supplier fees	£0	£1,113	£983
Total costs	£796,369	£863,447	£1,139,544

*Total includes VAT recharge from 2018 - 2023

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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

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