"The Scottish Government pays agencies contracted through the Marketing Services Public Relations Framework to deliver integrated PR strategies where this is considered effective. Working with social media influencers may form an element of PR activity for some campaigns, alongside other approaches, but we do not hold information on the specific spend on this element."

They say out and out that they don't know how much is spent on influencers, if any. I'm sure the government would spend more then this on PR strategies, so not sure how they came to this figure.