Alma Economics funding: FOI release
- Published
- 16 January 2025
- Directorate
- Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
- Topic
- Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400438532
- Date received
- 30 October 2024
- Date responded
- 3 December 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Could you supply how much money the Scottish Government has given to Alma Economics in the last three years, with a breakdown of what the money was for?
Response
Over the last 3 Financial Years; 2021/22, 2022/23 & 2023/24, the Scottish Government has paid Alma Economics a total of £88,200 in relation to two pieces of work as detailed in the table below:
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DGE Payments to Alma Economics between 01-Apr-2021 to 31-Oct-2024 |
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Financial Year |
Invoice Total (£) |
Business Area |
Payment Description |
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2021/22 |
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TOTAL |
46,380 |
Employability |
Evaluation of Fair Start Scotland Programme 2018-21 |
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2022/23 |
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TOTAL |
25,092 |
Fairwork |
Research relating to Scotlands progress in becoming a leading Fair Work Nation |
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2023/24 |
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TOTAL |
16,728 |
Fairwork |
Development of International Fair Work Nation Framework |
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DGE Total |
88,200 |
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The Fair Start Scotland evaluation was published on the Gov.Scot website and can be viewed here - Fair Start Scotland: economic evaluation - gov.scot.
The Fair Work Action Plan is available here - Fair Work action plan: becoming a leading Fair Work nation by 2025 - gov.scot.
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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