Dear [redacted]
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)
Thank you for your request dated 26/06/2025 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Your request:
Your request asked for information relating to supplier payment/spend data from 2018 to the most recent months. Specifically, payments to suppliers over £500 or over £25,000, depending on our publication thresholds.
Consumer Scotland were established in 2022, and therefore we can only provide figures from then onwards.
Information relating to single payments to suppliers in excess of £25,000 for the 2022/2023 period can be found in the table below:
|
Supplier |
Descriptor |
Cost (£) |
|---|---|---|
|
YouGov PLC |
Provision of Postal Services Research |
£29,550.00 |
|
Registers of Scotland |
Lease costs in relation to Registers of Scotland, Meadowbank House |
£29,885.54 |
|
Ekos Limited |
Review of the literature and policy on UK Postal Services |
£31,056.00 |
|
Storm ID |
Consumer Scotland website build and branding |
£38,130.00 |
|
Diffley Partnership Ltd |
Research - Decarbonisation tracker survey |
£44,624.40 |
|
Storm ID |
Consumer Scotland website build |
£45,930.00 |
|
Citizens Advice Scotland |
Additional staffing related costs |
£53,835.05 |
|
Scottish Government |
Reimbursement of Consumer Scotland salary costs May-2022 to Sep-2022 |
£60,123.41 |
|
Citizens Advice Scotland |
Grant payment for Big Energy Savings activity |
£144,272.28 |
|
COSLA |
Grant payment for Shut Out Scammers campaign |
£79,900.00 |
Information relating to single payments to suppliers in excess of £25,000 for the 2023/2024 period can be found in our published Annual Report and Accounts, under the Public Services Reform section:
- Annual Report and Accounts (2023/2024): Annual Report and Accounts 2023-2024 | Consumer Scotland
The Annual Report and Accounts has not yet been published for 2024/2025. It will be available on our website once finalised.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by writing to;
Sam Ghibaldan,
Chief Executive
Consumer Scotland
Thistle House,
91 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh,
EH12 5HD
Or by email to: corporateservices@consumer.scot
Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 40 working days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review in accordance with FOISA as soon as possible, and not later than 20 working days from the day following the date we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. More detailed information on your appeal rights is available on the Commissioner’s website at:
https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Unhappywiththeresponse/AppealingtoCommissioner.aspx
Yours sincerely
Sally Sandground
Data Protection Officer
Consumer Scotland