FOI/202100223537 · FOI · unclear
Costs incurred by Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board:
Information requested
1. All costs incurred to date by the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board, ranging from the board’s initiation to the present date with a full breakdown of those costs. 2. A full membership list for any members of the board between its initiation and the present date 3. A list of all engagement with Scottish Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries between its initiation and the present date.
Response
In response to point 1 of your request all costs incurred to date by the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board, ranging from the board’s initiation to the present date with a full breakdown of those costs.
2017-18 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £390 Total - £390 2018-19 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £34,541.20 Publications & Advertising - £14,534.35 Total - £49,075.55 2019-20 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £10,986.66 Total - £10,986.66 2020-21 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £2,517.50 Publications & Advertising - £1,137.71 Total - £3,655.21 2021-22 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £702.86 Total - £702.86
In response to point 2 of your request please find a full membership list of the Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board between its initiation and the present date, see below (name, main role at time of membership – period of service): Business Board Members
Nora Senior CBE (Chair), Chair of UK Regions Weber Shandwick, 2017 - present Scott McLarty (Vice Chair), Senior Vice President Airbus Programs Spirit AeroSystems, 2017 - present Professor Sara Carter OBE, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow, 2017 - present Cllr Steven Heddle, Environment and Economy spokesperson, COSLA, 2017 - present Audrey Cumberford, Principal and Chief Executive, Edinburgh College, 2017 - present Gillian Murray, Deputy Principal of Business and Enterprise, 2020 - present Grahame Smith, Former General Secretary of the STUC, 2017 - present Melinda Matthews-Clarkson, CEO at CodeClan, 2020 - present Caroline Barelle, CEO and co-founder of Elasmogen, 2020 - present Alison Milne, Partner in A Milne and Son farming enterprise and co-founder and Director of Crafty Maltsters Ltd, 2020 - present Simon Cotton, Chief Executive of Johnstons of Elgin, 2020 - present Liz Cameron OBE, Director & Chief Executive of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, 2017 - 2021 (June) Gerry McCusker, Dog Digital, 2017 - 2020 Jeanette Forbes, PCL Group, 2017 - 2019 Poonam Gupta OBE, PG Paper Company, 2017 - 2020 Wendy Alexander, University of Dundee, 2017 - 2019 Karen Betts, Scottish Whiskey Association, 2017 - 2019
Enterprise & Skills Agency Chairs
Dr Mike Cantlay OBE, Chair of the Scottish Funding Council, 2017 - present Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chair of Scottish Enterprise, 2019 - present Robert Keiller, Chair of Scottish Enterprise, 2017 - 2019 Alistair Dodds, Chair of Highlands & Islands Enterprise, 2020 - present Professor Lorne Crerar, Highland and Island Enterprise, 2017 - 2020 Frank Mitchell, Chair of Skills Development Scotland, 2018 - present John McClelland CBE, Chair of Skills Development Scotland, 2017 - 2018 Professor Russel Griggs OBE, Chair of South of Scotland Enterprise, 2017 - present
In response to point 3 of your request, a list of all engagement with Scottish Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries between the board’s initiation and the present date:
24 August 2017 Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister 5 October 2017 Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work 1 November 2017 Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Derek MacKay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution 25 January 2018 Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work 27 February 2018 John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills 20 March 2018 John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills 24 April 2018 Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Employability and Training Shirley-Anne Somerville, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science 01 May 2018 Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister 22 May 2018 Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work 19 June 2018 Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work 15 January 2019 Richard Lochhead, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science 3 April 2019 Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work 11 September 2019 Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy Nicola Sturgeon, The First Minister Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work 03 December 2019 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation 05 December 2019 Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy 11 February 2020 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation 23 April 2020 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation 12 May 2020 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation 22 May 2020 Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills 11 June 2020 Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Fair Work and Culture 25 June 2020 and Skills John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills 03 September 2020 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance 22 December 2020 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance 09 March 2021 Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Fair Work and Culture 24 March 2021 Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance 17 June 2021 Kate Forbes, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy 18 June 2021 Richard Lochhead, Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work 08 July 2021 Ivan McKee, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
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