National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) Delivery Board member payments: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

Details of any payments, salaries or fees paid to Barry White as co-chair of the NSET Delivery Board from the period of his appointment until the 31 October 2024, you asked for this figure to be broken down into yearly and monthly payments. You also asked if any other NSET Delivery Board members are in receipt of payments for their role and if so, a breakdown of this payment.

Response

Our 10-Year National Strategy for Economic Transformation was published in March 2022, which sets out our vision to create a wellbeing economy: a society that is thriving across economic, social and environmental dimensions, and that delivers prosperity for all Scotland's people and places. The delivery board is made up of business representatives who hold the public, private and third sector delivery partners of National Strategy of Economic Transformation (NSET) to account.

As co-chair of the NSET Delivery Board, Barry White, is entitled to receive a fee of £500 for every day of not less than 7.5 hours devoted to performing co-chair functions, up to a maximum total fee of £24,000 per financial year.

As stated in members’ contract of appointment, members of the NSET Delivery Board are entitled to be reimbursed by the Board for expenses that appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the proper discharge of carrying out delivery board functions. Members are also entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and subsistence when performing functions. Members may also receive remuneration where a loss has been incurred through the exercise of functions upon reasonable evidence of that loss. This is limited to a payment of £250 for every day of not less than 7.5 hours and must not exceed £3,000 per financial year.

A breakdown of payments made from the Scottish Government to Barry White and Delivery Board members between June 2022 & 31 October 2024 can be found in the table below:

Date

Amount paid (£)

Paid to:

Reason for payment

Jun-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Jul-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Aug-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Sep-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Oct-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Nov-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Dec-22

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

 

Total £14,000

 

 

Jan-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Feb-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Mar-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Apr-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

May-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Jun-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Jul-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Aug-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Sep-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Oct-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Nov-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Dec-23

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

 

Total = £24,000

 

 

Jan-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Jan 24

795.90

Douglas Millican

Payment of expenses incurred in relation to the NSET Delivery Board between June 23- November 23

Feb-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Mar-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Apr-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

May-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Jun-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Jul-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Aug-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Sep-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

Oct-24

2,000

Barry White

Co-chair Fee

 

Total = £20,295.90

 

 

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