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2023/24
PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010
DUTIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATIONThe information below is for the period 2023/24 (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024)
TOPIC EXPENDITURE ON DOES NOT INCLUDE YEAR TO DATE
ACTUAL £Public Relations External communications, including the cost of in-house and contracted staff and consultants. Expenditure on ‘public relations’ includes (for example) marketing, PR campaigns, media relations, marketing research and evaluation, branding and design, promotional events, external events, conferences and exhibitions, corporate communications, sponsorship, publications and printing, digital communications, advertising and media planning. Includes expenditure on external communications relating to services provided, such as promoting tourism in the case of Visit Scotland. Expenditure which relates only to internal communications, such as staff newsletters, or to recruitment advertising. 2023/24
(Information available after 31 March 2024)Overseas Travel Includes travel to as well as from the United Kingdom; and the cost of hotels, conference fees, the cost of travel and subsistence during the overseas visit and any other related expenditure. In other words, expenditure incurred on ‘overseas travel’ should be the full costs incurred in connection with the trip from departure until return, and not simply the cost of the journey itself. 2023/24
(Information available after 31 March 2024)Hospitality and Entertainment Includes any gifts, meals, parties, receptions, tickets for or invitations to public, sporting, cultural or other events or other similar benefits accorded by a public body to its own members or employees or third parties for whatever reason. A threshold of £25 for ‘one off’ gifts or benefits has been set as reasonable for this purpose, provided that the gifts or benefits in question are not regular or recurring. If a different threshold is adopted it should be set out in the statement of expenditure. Payment of reasonable travel and subsistence allowances and reimbursement of expenses necessarily incurred in relation to service as a member or employee. 2023/24
(Information available after 31 March 2024)External Consultancy Scottish Government guidance on the ‘Use of Consultancy Procedures’ defines ‘consultancy’ as a wide range of professional services such as management consultancy, IT consultancy, financial consultancy, construction or infrastructure related consultancy, research and evaluation and policy development (including feasibility studies). The definition set out in this guidance has been adopted. The definition applies to services being procured, not the name of the supplier or the supplier’s own description of the service. Outsourcing or buying in technical or specialist services such as legal advice and representation or recruitment services. 2023/24
(Information available after 31 March 2024)Payments with a value in excess of £25,000 Statement specifying the amount, date, payee and subject-matter of any payment made during that financial year which has a value in excess of £25,000 (inclusive of VAT). ‘Payments’ include all individual payment transactions, including payments for goods and services, grants or grant-in-aid to third parties and transactions with government departments or other public bodies. The reporting requirement relates to cash payments, not accruals or invoices; and includes relevant payments made by a listed body on behalf of third parties. Information relating to remuneration or other payments made to an individual in respect of their service as a member or employee of a public body. 2023/24
(Information available after 31 March 2024)Members or employees who received remuneration in excess of £150,000 Statement specifying the number of individuals (if any) who received remuneration during that financial year in excess of £150,000 in relation to service as a member or employee of a public body (including office-holders and company directors and secretaries). Remuneration in relation to service as a member or employee includes salary, bonus or other discretionary performance payments, allowances, fees, royalties and also bonus or other payments in respect of performance in a previous financial year. Receipt of pension, voluntary severance, compromise agreements or redundancy payments. Not applicable to the State Hospital Steps taken to promote sustainable economic growth (as at 1 April 2023)
Cutting carbon emissions as part of the fight against climate change is a key priority for all public bodies. The Scottish and UK governments have identified the public sector as key to delivering carbon reduction across Scotland and the UK, in line with Kyoto commitments and the world-leading Scottish and UK Climate Change legislation.
The Hospital has developed a Sustainability Action Plan and a Carbon Management Programme which are ensuring that sustainability becomes embedded in our way of working and decision making. The operation of a biomass boiler has the potential for significant savings in both CO2 emissions and energy consumption.
The Hospital continues to investigate the viability of renewable energy options, which have the potential to make a strong contribution towards increasing energy efficiency.
Steps taken to improve efficiency, effectiveness and economy (as at 1 April 2023)
The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 requires Scotland to reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) to Net Zero by 2045, with an interim reduction target of 75% against 1990 levels by 2030.
In recognition of this, in 2019 NHS Scotland became the first national health service in the UK to commit to becoming a Net Zero organisation. Furthermore, NHS Scotland recognised the need to accelerate efforts to cut GHGs to become environmentally sustainable, and hence brought forward its target date for achieving Net Zero emissions from 2045 to 2040.
The State Hospital has developed a Sustainability Action Plan and a Net Zero Route Map which are ensuring that sustainability becomes embedded in our way of working and decision making. The Hospital continues to investigate the viability of renewable energy options, which have the potential to make a strong contribution towards increasing energy efficiency.
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