FOISA Response No. 867 - PR spend and staff allocation
01 Jun 2023
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Where relevant, we publish our responses to Freedom of Information requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
This response addressed the following query:
- The total amount spent in the last five financial years on public relations, both in-house and externally (split if possible).
This request has been interpreted as being the spend on public relations / communications including staffing costs, The total spend on public relations over the past five financial years is set out in the table below.
| Year | Spend | Staffing costs | Total |
| 2022/23 | £84,000 | £105,542.92 | £189,542.92 |
| 2021/22 | £19,212 | £60,585.45 | £79,797.45 |
| 2020/21 | £18,550 | £121,846.65 | £140,396.65 |
| 2019/20 | £21,604 | £132,230.16 | £153,834.16 |
| 2018/19 | £18,364 | £116,802.05 | £135,166.05 |
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| £698,737.23 |
- The total number of public relations officers or communications officers employed by your organisation over the last five years.
The Public Relations or Communications staff employed by the PIRC over the past five financial years is outlined in the table below.
| Year | Title FTE (Dates of employment if not full year) |
| 2022/23 | Communications Manager 1.0 FTE Communications Officer 1 FTE |
| 2021/22 | Communications Manager 1.0 FTE (Apr – Jun 21) Communications Officer 0.56 FTE (Apr – Jul 21) Communications Officer 1.0 FTE (Sep 21 – Mar 22) Communications Manager 1.0 FTE (Feb 22 – Mar 22) |
| 2020/21 | Communications Manger 1.0 FTE Communications Officer 0.56 FTE Communications Officer 0.44 FTE |
| 2019/20 | Communications Manager 1.0 FTE Communications Officer 0.56 FTE Communications Officer 0.44 FTE Communications Officer 0.61 FTE (Apr 19 – Dec 19) |
| 2018/19 | Communications Manager 1.0 FTE Communications Officer 0.6 FTE Communications Officer 0.6 FTE Communications Officer 0.4 FTE (Sep 18 – Apr 19) |