Report Summary
Issued 12 May 2023, this FOI response provides SPA Corporate and SPA Forensic Services spend on public relations and the number of Communications Officers employed, to date, since 2018.
Response
The Authority’s financial ledgers for the relevant account code ‘advertising and public relations’ shows the following total spend for SPA Corporate and SPA Forensic Services over the last five years.
Total spend on advertising and public relations
|
|
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
22/23 |
|
SPA Corporate |
£2,869 |
£2,030 |
£880 |
Nil |
£12,750* |
|
SPA Forensic Services |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
* Spend in 2022-23 was higher than previous years due to recruitment for the Chief Constable post.
There was no ‘advertising and public relations’ spend incurred by SPA Forensics Services in the last five years.
The above shows expenditure by SPA Corporate only. We would advise that overall expenditure is publicly available in the Annual Report and Accounts - this figure includes costs incurred by Police Scotland. A link is provided to Report and Accounts for previous years, and to assist, expenditure on public relations over the last five years is shown below. (Please note the Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-23 will be published later this year).
|
17/18 |
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
|
£301,000 |
£240,000 |
£279,000 |
£279,000 |
£343,000 |
The table below shows the number of full time equivalent individuals employed over the last five years in communication roles.
Communications Officers employed – full time equivalent (FTE)
|
|
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
22/23 |
|
SPA Corporate |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
SPA Forensic Services |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2* |
* One additional resource joined in January 2023
The Scottish Police Authority’s corporate function currently has 1 FTE External Relations Officer and 1 FTE External Relations and Governance Lead of which communications is one part of broader responsibilities.
SPA Forensic Services currently has 1 FTE Communication and Engagement Specialist and 1 FTE Communications and Engagement Officer.
