First Minister's expenses for attending funeral of Pope Francis: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for details of all expenses built up during the First Minister's attendance at the Pope's funeral, including from any officials who attended with him.

Response

Here are the details of the expenses incurred during the visit:

Purpose	Total expenses (FM + 2 officials)
Flight: EDI-FCO Rome	£696.76
Flight: CIA Rome-EDI	£613.42
Hotel: Catone District Hotel	338 EUR
Subsistence	£93.95

In this instance, we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s.39(1) (health and safety) of FOISA applies to that information.

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