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FOI/202400438532 · FOI · unclear

Alma Economics funding: FOI release

Published
2025-01-16
Received
2024-10-30
Responded
2024-12-03
Directorate
Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

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:

DGE Payments to Alma Economics between 01-Apr-2021 to 31-Oct-2024 Financial Year Invoice Total (£) Business Area Payment Description 2021/22 TOTAL 46,380 Employability Evaluation of Fair Start Scotland Programme 2018-21 2022/23 TOTAL 25,092 Fairwork Research relating to Scotlands progress in becoming a leading Fair Work Nation 2023/24 TOTAL 16,728 Fairwork Development of International Fair Work Nation Framework DGE Total 88,200

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.

About FOI

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference 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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