Cost of the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group: FOI release
- Published
- 17 September 2025
- Directorate
- Justice Directorate
- Topic
- Law and order, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202500464680
- Date received
- 2 May 2025
- Date responded
- 28 May 2025
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
All information held on the total cost to the Scottish Government of activity related to the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group, including:
(a) all fees and expenses paid to members of the working group, and any other costs incurred by the group in producing and disseminating its report, broken down in as much detail as possible; and
(b) all costs incurred in consulting on the report, including production of the consultation analysis.
Response
(a) I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Within the response there are 3 files attached:
- SG1021837-000-001 - APS Group (Scotland) Ltd - £8,005.47 - 21 March 2022 – REDACTED
- SG1030196 - Baroness Helena Kennedy QC - £90,931.00 - 22 March 2022 – REDACTED
- SG1026859 - Glasgow Women's Library - £500.00 - 16 February 2022 – REDACTED
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third parties, which include names of individuals and email addresses, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
(b) I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. Within the response there is 1 file attached:
- Consultation Costs
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- File type
- File size
- 529.0 kB
Contact
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