The number of Scottish Government staff issued with office equipment to use at home: FOI release
- Published
- 21 October 2026
- Directorate
- Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector, Work and skills
- FOI reference
- FOI/202600516210
- Date received
- 7 May 2026
- Date responded
- 21 May 2026
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
How many members of staff have you provided with office equipment - for use at home - in each financial year since 2020-21, up to 2025-26?
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.
You may find the information available in previous FOIs useful:
Amount spent on working from home equipment: FOI release - gov.scot
Home working equipment spend: FOI release - gov.scot
|
Total staff issued with equipment |
|
|
Financial Year |
Total |
|
2023–24 |
138 |
|
2024–25 |
437 |
|
2025–26 |
259 |
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we don't have the information are explained below.
The FOIs outlined above provide general information on costs going back to 2020. However, the detailed records for 2020-23 have been deleted in line with data retention.
About FOI
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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