Scottish Government spend on rainbow lanyards: FOI release

Information requested

How much has the Scottish Government spent on buying rainbow lanyards in each of the last five years?

Response

For the purpose of this response, 'each of the last five years' has been interpreted as financial years starting 1st April 2020 and ending on 31st March 2025.

A search was conducted across the Scottish Government Account Payable finance systems and the electronic purchasing card system using search parameters specifically on line item descriptions containing the terms “rainbow” and “lanyard” to identify any relevant purchases. The search review identified one payment for rainbow lanyards and is shown in the table below.

Year	Total
2024/25	£0.00
2023/24	£266.34
2022/23	£0.00
2021/22	£0.00
2020/21	£0.00

I would also like to draw your attention to our regular published spend for transactions over £500 for electronic Purchasing Cards (ePC): Government spend over £500: monthly reports - gov.scot and also
our monthly and annual reports of Scottish Government spend over £25,000 Government spend over £25,000: monthly and annual reports - gov.scot.

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