Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) – Exotic Pet Working Group costs: EIR release

Information requested

A total cost to the public purse resulting from the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) – Exotic Pet Working Group.

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Response

The expenditure associated with the work of SAWC’s Exotic Pets Working Group is as follows:

Publication by APS of the Exotic Pets Interim Report - £953.28
Publication by APS of the Exotic Pets Final Report - £377.03
Cost of commissioning the Scoping Review by Scotland’s Rural College – £7225.00
Publication by APS of the Scoping Review by Scotland’s Rural College - £2069.70

Total Expenditure = £10,625.01

The APS Group is a company used by the Scottish Government for the web conversion and publishing of reports.

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