Statements published in accordance with sections 31 and 32 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
(Period covering 1 April 2010 to March 31 2011)
Statements (a) to (d) are published in accordance with section
31(1) and (2) of the Act:
(a) Public Relations spend
SDS undertakes public relations activity to ensure that all of
its audiences including employees, employers, school and college
leavers are made aware of the full range of opportunities they can
get to help develop their skills.
SDS funded over 21,000 modern apprenticeships in 10-11 which
required both employers and entrants to be aware of and to engage
in the program; it provided careers information, advice and
guidance to more than 194,000 individuals and supported nearly 6000
training opportunities to employees of Scottish businesses. Skills
Development Scotland incurred costs of £1,495,508.89 on public
relations in 10-11, £159,611.00 of which was internal staff
costs.
(b) Overseas travel
SDS had no expenditure on overseas travel for the financial year
2010-11.
(c) Hospitality and Entertainment given
Skills Development Scotland's cost for hospitality and
entertainment in 2010-11 was £2435.88.
(d) Consultancy
The Scottish Government defines 'consultancy' as including a
wide range of professional services such as management consultancy,
IT consultancy, financial consultancy, construction and
infrastructure related consultancy, research and evaluation and
policy development. Therefore the expenditure contained in this
section reflects this definition of external consultancy.
Skills Development Scotland mainly uses external consultancy to
undertake specific pieces of work which requires expertise which is
not readily available in-house. Skills Development Scotland
incurred costs of £1,041,834.11 on consultancy for the financial
year in 2010-11.
(e) Payments over 25k
The following statement is published in accordance with section
31 (3) of the Act.
SDS is the national skills body for Scotland delivering National
Training Programmes (NTPs - including modern Apprenticeships, Get
Ready for Work and Training for Work), Flexible Training
Opportunities and ILA Scotland. The majority of our payments over
25k relate to funding payments made to Training Providers for the
delivery of NTPs.
Payments over £25,000 on the National Training Programmes
All other payments over £25,000
(f) Remuneration in excess of £150k
The following statement is published in accordance with section
31 (4) of the Act.
No member of staff at SDS received remuneration in excess of
£150,000 for the financial year 2010-11.
(g) Sustainable economic growth
The following statement is published in accordance with section
32(1)(a) of the Act.
Statement on sustainable economic growth
2010-11
(h) Efficiency, effectiveness and economy
The following statement is published in accordance with section
32(1)(b) of the Act.
Statement on efficiency, effectiveness and economy
2010-11