Correspondence and cost of providing the New York Mayor with a baby box: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Please state the total cost of providing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani with a baby box.
Include a breakdown of all costs: postage, shipment, and baby box components.
Provide all correspondence with officials on this topic, including any involving Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville or First Minister John Swinney.
Response
The total cost of sending a Baby Box to New York mayor Zohran Mamdani was £178.12.
Cost of sending Baby Box to New York:
Transport for 23 Kg
£82.92
Duty and Taxes
£35.20
Total - £118.12
The cost to the Scottish Government for a Baby Box is £160 this includes all logistics such as sourcing the contents, storage, picking, packing, delivery of the Baby Box (To an address in Scotland).
I enclose a copy of correspondence involving the Scottish Government and Scottish Ministers referring to Zohran Mamdani. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information.
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