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Public Services Reform information

Overview

Part 3 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 imposes new duties to publish information as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year. These duties came into force on 1 October 2010.

Payments with a value over £25,000

Each quarter's information will be published as soon as possible during the year at Payments with a value in excess of £25,000.

Government Procurement Card (GPC) transactions

Each month GPC transactions in excess of £500 will be published as soon as information is available. This will commence from 1 September 2013.

Hospitality

Includes - taking each event separately, any non-contractual, discretionary benefit provided to a person where the value exceeds £25. Excludes - travel and subsistence allowances and the reimbursement of expenses that are reasonably incurred in relation to service as a member or employee of a public body (including directors).

Nil Return 

Overseas travel

External consultancy

We outsource much of our IT, Estates and FM services and developments and so we do make use of companies that are classified as business consultancies, though the services we procure may not always be consultancy in nature, we will disclose this information based on the company's classification.

Public relations expenditure

Includes - the cost of staff who wholly deal with internal and external communications, printing cost of annual report.

Excludes - advertising costs for recruitment of staff, the cost of producing internal newsletters, any literature, advertising or media campaigns that are associated with our core business activity (e.g. jurors' information, forms, fines media campaign).

Year and breakdown

Total cost (£)

2022 to 2023 

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications 
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource 



  • Total 

 

 

350,045.21

4,151.42

65,357.66

 

419,554.29

 

2021 to 2022

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource


  • Total

407,632

 

 

407,632

2020 to 2021

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource


  • Total 

 

270,580



270,580

2019 to 2020

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource


  • Total 

276,769



 

276,769

Year and breakdown

Total cost (£)

2022 to 2023 

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications 
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource 



  • Total 

 

 

350,045.21

4,151.42

65,357.66

 

419,554.29

 

2021 to 2022

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource


  • Total

407,632

 

 

407,632

2020 to 2021

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource


  • Total 

 

270,580



270,580

2019 to 2020

  • Pay of staff solely dealing with SCS and judicial communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outsourced production of literature/information resource


  • Total 

276,769



 

276,769

Sustainable growth and efficiency, economy and effectiveness

Information on SCTS contribution to these national priorities will be contained in the Annual Report and Accounts.