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Publication - Strategy/plan

Research Data Scotland – Full Business Case

Published
13 January 2022
From
Chief Statistician
Directorate
Digital Directorate
Part of
Public sector
ISBN
9781802019056

The Research Data Scotland (RDS) Full Business Case (FBC) sets out proposals for the establishment of a new national service that has the potential to save time, money and lives.

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Appendix Five – RDS Draft budget

Budget costs category Cost code FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26
Cost category   £ £ £ £ £
Staff costs – RDS 100 1,389,636 1,355,548 1,379,250 1,566,727 1,592,575
Staff costs – Board 101 4,545 4,590 4,636 4,683 4,730
Staff costs - HR system 102 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Staff costs - payroll system 103 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Staff costs - travel and subsistence 104 7,800 7,800 7,800 7,800 7,800
Staff costs – training 105 6,631 6,832 7,109 7,472 7,931
Commissioning costs – NRS 200 410,590 414,696 418,843 423,032 427,262
Commissioning costs – eDRIS 201 2,256,121 2,357,332 2,457,082 2,574,830 2,685,037
Commissioning costs – UoE 202 392,000 395,920 399,879 403,878 407,917
Commissioning costs - SG (data acq) 203 461,394 466,008 470,668 475,375 480,129
Commissioning costs - SG (DSLS) 204 342,894 346,323 349,786 353,284 356,817
Commissioning costs - IT systems (DSLS budget) 205 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Commissioning costs – additional staffing (geospatial & health) 206 649,935 656,434 662,999 669,629 676,325
Accommodation – rent 9BQ 300 94,458 188,916 188,916 188,916 188,916
Accommodation - utilities (elec, gas, water, fixed telecoms) 301 28,624 28,910 29,199 29,491 29,786
Accommodation – rates 302 30,380 30,380 30,380 30,380 30,380
Accommodation - office fit out costs 303 40,000 - - - -
Accommodation - fixtures & fittings 304 - - - - -
Accommodation - office equipment (inc consumables) 305 2,600 2,652 2,733 2,844 2,989
Accommodation - insurance (offices) 306 - - - - -
Accommodation - supplies and services 307 1,591 1,640 1,706 1,793 1,903
Accommodation – rent Bayes Centre 308 57,600 86,400 86,400 86,400 86,400
Service costs - penetration testing (eDRIS) 400 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500
Service costs – workbench 401 280,000 280,000 280,000 280,000 280,000
Service costs - case tracker/case management system maintenance 402 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Service costs - safe settings support costs 403 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Service costs - external support 404 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Service costs - IT systems/website dev & online application process dev 405 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Service costs - research & development 406 - - - - -
Service development costs - Transformation (inc staff costs 2xFTE) 500 1,300,000 - - - -
Service development costs - NRS indexing technology upgrades 501 280,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000
Service development costs - IG transformation 502 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
Service development costs - IG solutions (legal support) 503 50,000 75,000 100,000 125,000 150,000
Service development costs - Data ethics approach 504 50,000 - - - -
Service development costs - Data acquisition for non ADR data 505 - - - - -
Service development costs - Data acquisition model transformation 506 40,000 1,000,000 - - -
Service development costs - Legal costs for data acquisition (50% external legal and in-house IG practitioners) 507 100,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
Service development costs - RDSH/NDSH alignment & interoperability 508 600,000 300,000 - - -
Service development costs - NDSH transformation (systems to allow access to datasets so don't have to access NDSH - tiered access) 509 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000
Service development costs - Synthetic data 510 100,000 110,319 309,228 396,700 495,516
Service development costs - Geospatial data hosting platform 511 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Service development costs - SG data innovation challenge fund 512 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000
Service development costs – additional GIS service development 513 187,808 35,100 35,100 35,100 35,100
Service development costs – enhancements to safe pod infrastructure 514 187,808 35,100 35,100 35,100 35,100
ICT - computer equipment 601 26,000 - - - -
ICT - staff mobile phone 602 7,800 7,800 7,800 7,800 7,800
ICT - IT Support costs 603 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000
Transition - legal support 700 50,000 - - - -
Transition - accountancy/tax support 701 - - - - -
Transition - consulting support 702 - - - - -
Transition - project management support 703 50,000 25,000 - - -
Transition - registration fees – charitable 704 - - - - -
Transition - registration fees - IG related? 705 - - - - -
Transition - backfill costs (temporary staff) 706 200,000 100,000 - - -
Transition - communications & marketing 707 50,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Transition - public engagement 708 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
Transition - HR 709 - - - - -
Transition - recruitment costs 710 75,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Transition - finance 711 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Totals 10,844,216 9,469,701 8,415,614 8,857,614 9,141,412

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