Development and publishing costings of Autism toolbox: FOI release

Information requested

 

You asked ‘How much money was spent in the development and publishing of The Autism Toolbox?'

You asked ‘Has there been any research carried out into the implementation or efficacy of The Autism Toolbox at Secondary school level?’

You asked ‘Has there been any research carried out into the implementation or efficacy of The Autism Toolbox at Primary school level?’

Response

 

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. The answer to your question is:

The Autism Toolbox was commissioned as part of an agreed output from the Autism Spectrum Disorder Education Working Group, which was established to take forward the recommendations in both the HMIE report 'education for pupils with autism spectrum disorders' and the NAS Scotland report 'make school make sense' and on 03/04/2009 the ‘Autism Toolbox: An Autism Resource for Scottish Schools Autism Toolbox’ was published. Professor Aline-Wendy Dunlop from the University of Strathclyde was involved in this original commissioning. The Scottish Government does not have the information on the cost of this original commission. This is explained further at the end of this section.

The printing, e-publishing and postage of the original Autism Toolbox was GBP 64,572.72.

In September 2012 the Scottish Government commissioned Scottish Autism to update and refresh the Autism Toolbox moving the resource online and a refresh of its content. The grant for this work was GBP 88,320.

In August 2015 the Scottish Government commissioned Scottish Autism to continue updating and reviewing the Autism Toolbox, with the inclusion of video material, a library of resources and publicity of the toolbox. The value of this grant was GBP 13,900.

From the records available at the time of this request, the total amount of money the Scottish Government has spent on the development and publishing of the Autism Toolbox is GBP 166,792.72

 

You asked ‘Has been any research carried out into the implementation or efficacy of The Autism Toolbox at Secondary school level?’ 

The answer to your question is NO.

 

You asked ‘Has been any research carried out into the implementation or efficacy of The Autism Toolbox at Primary school level?’

The answer to your question is NO

 

The Scottish Government does not have the information

Section 17(1) of FOISA (information not held) requires the Scottish Government to notify you if it does not have the information you requested.  The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because it was routinely destroyed, in accordance with our standard records management practice, before the date of your request.

 

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