HM Fire Service Inspectorate financial spend and payment information: FOI release
- Published
- 2 July 2025
- Topic
- Law and order, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202500470102
- Date received
- 5 June 2025
- Date responded
- 10 June 2025
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
1. The total amount of money spent by your organisation on overtime payments in 2021- 22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
2. The total amount of money spent fixing/replacing broken equipment in 2021-22, 2022- 23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
3. The total financial loss to your organisation on written off inventory and IT equipment in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
4. The total amount of money spent on consultants by your organisation in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
5. The total amount of money spent on agency staff by your organisation in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
6. The total amount of money spent on recruitment agencies by your organisation in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
7. The total amount of money spent on social media advertising by your organisation in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
8. The total amount of losses and special payments recorded by your organisation in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
9. The total amount of compensation payments made by your organisation in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
10. Total spend on fruitless payments in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26.
Response
Our response to your request is shown in the table format below.
| FY 2021-22 | FY 2022-23 | FY 2023-24 | FY 2024-25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The total amount of money spent by your organisation on overtime payments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 2. The total amount of money spent fixing/replacing broken equipment* | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 3. The total financial loss to your organisation on written off inventory and IT equipment* | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 4. The total amount of money spent on consultants by your organisation | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 5. The total amount of money spent on agency staff by your organisation | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 6. The total amount of money spent on recruitment agencies by your organisation* | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 7. The total amount of money spent on social media advertising by your organisation | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 8. The total amount of losses and special payments recorded by your organisation | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 9. The total amount of compensation payments made by your organisation | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 10. Total spend on fruitless payments ** | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
*HM Fire Service Inspectorate uses the Services and facilities provided by the Scottish Government, including those related to IT equipment and recruitment provision and therefore there are no incurred costs directly to the Inspectorate.
** You requested this information for the financial year 2025-26. That financial year is not due to conclude until 31/03/26 and to date no expenditure has been incurred for this category.
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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