Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland
Last Updated: 05/08/2011
The Queen’s Printer for Scotland has adopted the Scottish Government's policy on wider dissemination of information which is disclosed in response to FOI requests in that where we release information in response to a FOI request we recognise that it will usually be of interest to the wider public in addition to the original applicant. The Queen’s Printer for Scotland will therefore publish information which they have released to an applicant as soon as possible via the OQPS website. The speed with which information released can be made available on the website will vary depending on its quantity and format. Information may not therefore always be added to the website on the same day that it is supplied to an applicant.
Information relating to very specific, individually focused issues might not warrant wider publication as without understanding the context of the information it would not necessarily be very useful to anyone other than the applicant. However, as previously stated, in practice we regard most information released as being of wider public interest and endeavour to get it published on the website.
| Details of request: | Information on how much OQPS spent on: a) recruitment in 2009-10? b) (a) food and (b) alcohol for events, receptions, conferences, etc in 2009-10? c) public affairs and PR (broken down to show (a) advertising and marketing spend, (b) central staff costs and (c) consultancy/agency spend) in 2009-10? |
Information/answer provided: | OQPS did not spend any money on the above areas during 2009-2010 |
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| Information provided on: | 10 December 2010 |
| Details of request: | a) Information about bonuses paid to staff working for OQPS b) Information about numbers of agency staff working for OQPS |
Information/answer provided: | a) Bonuses were awarded to two OQPS staff in 2009/10 as a performance related pay award. The total sum awarded was £272. The staff who deliver the services for QPS also support wider legislative work across the UK and therefore no one individual member of staff is fully allocated to QPS. These pay awards were given to staff for exceeding their annual performance objectives for all their areas of work, not solely their QPS work. The figure given above is based on applying the proportion of time staff spend on OQPS duties to their overall pay award. For example if a member of staff spends 50% of their time on QPS work, the figure would be 50% of their overall pay award b) OQPS did not employ any staff on fixed term appointments or agency staff in 2009/10 |
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| Information provided on: | 23 November 2010 |
| Details of request: | Information about the salaries paid to staff working for OQPS. |
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| Information/answer provided: | The Queen’s Printer for Scotland, who also holds the position as Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office is supported in her role by the staff of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office which operates from within the Office of Public Sector Information. The staff who deliver the services for OQPS also support the wider legislative work across the UK and therefore no one individual member of staff is fully allocated to OQPS. The response on the number of staff assumes the total salary cost of the individuals (i.e. including employer related cost) to determine the assignment to the category for 2009/10. It does not reflect the proportion of the individuals time that is allocated to OQPS duties. (a) Total cost for one member of staff is more than £100,000 per annum. (b) There are zero staff who cost between £80,000 and £100,000 per annum. (c) Ten staff cost less than £80,000 per annum The total salary cost to OQPS is determined by recharging the proportion of individual costs to reflect the level of their time (expressed as full time equivalent rounded to the nearest 0.1) in delivering the OQPS duties. (d) The total salary bill for the group of staff in (a) is £1,800 (0.1 FTE). (e) The total salary bill for the group of staff in (b) is zero. (f) The total salary bill for the group of staff in (c) £34,200 (0.9 FTE) |
| Information provided on: | 3 November 2010 |
| Details of request: | Information about incidents of fraud recorded by OQPS since January 2007 |
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| Information/answer provided: | OQPS has not recorded any incidents of fraud, lost any money due to fraud, brought criminal charges against employees for fraud or conducted any internal investigations since January 2007 |
| Information provided on: | 26 October 2010 |
| Details of request: | All laws relating to mental health in Scotland |
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| Information/answer provided: | A search on the OQPS website for legislation which broadly covers the subject of “Mental Health” listed the following Acts of Parliament and Acts of the Scottish Parliament which are believed still to be fully or partially in force: Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp4) Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp8) Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp5) Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp13) National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp7) Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp10) There are also many Scottish Statutory Instruments which appear to cover the subject, but for which we are unable to say whether they remain in force. Queen’s Printer for Scotland is responsible for the publication of Scottish legislation and is unable to advise or confirm the status or otherwise of any legislation and for which legal advice would need to be sought. |
| Information provided on: | 21 April 2010 |
| Details of request: | Information relating to gifts and hospitality offered to, declined, and accepted by your organisation covering the period 2009, January 2010 and February 2010 |
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| Information/answer provided: | During this period no gifts or offers of hospitality have been received |
| Information provided on: | 16 April 2010 |
| Details of request: | 1) How many of those employed by your authority are paid annual salaries of £100,000 or more? 2) What is the sum total of those salaries paid in your authority per year? E.g. 1 x £100,000 per annum, 2 x £130,000 per annum gives £360,000 in total. 3) In each instance, what is the name and job title of the employee? |
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| Information/answer provided: | 1. None 2. Not applicable given answer to 1 3. Not applicable given answer to 1 |
| Information provided on: | 17 September 2009 |
| Details of request: | a) How much public funding did your organisation receive in the last financial year 2008 – 09? b) What was the total expenditure, including wages, of your organisation in the same period? |
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| Information/answer provided: | a) The Office of Queens Printer for Scotland (OQPS) does not receive a fixed budget. Instead the costs of operating OQPS are covered from funding provided by The National Archives. These costs are then recovered from the Scottish Government on an annual basis. b) The total expenditure in 2008/09 is £83,262 (including salaries) |
| Information provided on: | 21 August 2009 |
| Details of request: | a) How many people are employed, full-time or part-time, by your organisation? b) In the financial year 2008-09, how much was paid in wages, and how much was claimed in staff expenses? |
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| Information/answer provided: | a) No members of staff are employed by OQPS. The work carried out for OQPS is undertaken by staff employed by HMSO as part of The National Archives. b) An apportionment of cost is allocated to OQPS based on work completed on behalf of OQPS. In 2008/09 the allocation of staff cost totalled £34,865 |
| Information provided on: | 21 August 2009 |
| Details of request: | a) How many people are seconded to your organisation from a Government department/ other publicly-funded body? b) In 2008-09, how many hours were worked by seconded employees and what was the estimated cost in wages of their secondment? c) How much was claimed in expenses by seconded employees? |
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| Information/answer provided: | a) None b) None c) None |
| Information provided on: | 21 August 2009 |
| Details of request: | Which job vacancies in your organisation were advertised in the financial year 2008-09, and what was the salary offered? |
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| Information/answer provided: | None |
| Information provided on: | 21 August 2009 |