FOI 25-564 Cost of Facility

Freedom of Information Request

Reference

FOI 25-564 Cost of Facility

Request Date

03 Dec 2025

Response Date

23 Dec 2025

Information Requested

Please can you provide full cost details associated with the hire and use of the storage facility used by the Scottish Ambulance Service in The Barnsford Bridge Army Reserve Facility on Georgetown Road Inchinnan Renfrewshire. Please outline the cost for each year that the Service has been using it and what budget it is paid from. How much longer is the facility to be used by the Service? 

Response

Please see the table below detailing the total costs paid for the Scottish Ambulance Service’s use of the facility requested; this has been paid from the Finance and Logistics budget. 

 

Financial Year	Rental Cost
2020/21	£18,742
2021/22	£24,490
2022/23	£37,340
2023/24	£38,720
2024/25	£38,720
2025/26	£38,720

 

Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), public authorities are required to provide access to recorded information that they hold at the time of the request. However, FOISA does not oblige authorities to create new information in order to respond to a request. This means that if the requested information does not exist in a recorded form, the authority is not required to generate, compile, or otherwise create it.  The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold information on how much longer they intend to use the facility; it is for this reason we have applied section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002, as information not held.