Freedom of Information Request - Travel Expenses
Date: 21 November 2025
Our ref: SIR182146/A5567170
Information Request – Travel Expenses
Your Request
Please can you provide me with a list of all travel expense claims by your board members and senior management team in the last five years, detailing the expense date, what it was for and how much was paid. In the case of transport, such as trains, planes etc please detail which class of travel was taken. In the case of accommodation, please detail the name of the accommodation and price paid.
Our Response
We have requested information from our Transactions Team, and they have provided the information attached with this response.
The information is taken directly from our Finance system and only provides the information on when the expense was created for payment. It cannot provide you with the actual date that the expense was for unless it is indicated within the description given.
You also requested information on the name of the accommodation. This information can be found within the description if it has been provided by whoever added the information. The price paid is included but you may find that payment has been made for more than one person as they may be attending the same meeting/event, and some of those staff are not a Board member or a member of our Senior Leadership Team.
On class of travel, all travel is standard/economy class. This is covered in our Travel and Subsistence Policy, section 13 which states that all claimants are expected to travel standard/economy class.
We have redacted out some personal data from the information being released to you. This was mainly administrative staff who did bookings for the accommodation or travel, or staff who were being line managed by a member of the Senior Leadership Team but are not considered part of the Senior Leadership team. We have therefore exempted this information, under 38(1)(b) (Personal Data).
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
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