FOI/202400439477 · FOI · unclear
National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) Delivery Board member payments: FOI release
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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