Full list of major Scottish quangos

Published on Monday 8 February 2010 21:40

WHO they were and what they spent.

THE MAJOR QUANGOS…AND WHAT THEY SPENT, 2008-9

EXECUTIVE BODIES

Further and Higher Education Funding Council 1.7bn

Scottish Enterprise 287m

Skills Development 196m

Legal Aid Board 167m

Police Services Authority 98m

Highlands and Islands Enterprise 81m

Scottish Natural Heritage 64m

VisitScotland 50m

Arts Council 47m

Scottish Environment Protection Agency 46m

SportScotland 41m

National Museums 37m

National Galleries 26m

Children's Reporter 25m

National Library 20m

Royal Botanic Garden 14m

Scottish Qualifications Authority 13m

Social Services Council 9m

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park 7m

Crofters' Commission 6m

Brd Gidhlig na h-Alba 6m

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments 5m

Cairngorms National Park 5m

Scottish Screen 4m

Deer Commission 2m

Risk Management 2m

ADVISORY BODIES

Judicial Appointments Board 309m

Law Commission 996,000

Architecture + Design Scotland 952,000

Local Government Boundary Commission 340,000

Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards 134,000

Local Authorities Remuneration Committee 35,000

Public Transport Users Committee 15,000

TRIBUNALS

Mental health 11m

Parole Board 1m

Private rented housing 428,000

PUBLIC CORPORATIONS

Scottish Water 182m

Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd 26m

Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd 7m

Scottish Futures Trust 440,000

HEALTH BODIES

Greater Glasgow 2bn

Lothian 1bn

Lanarkshire 889m

Grampian 798m

Tayside 689m

Ayrshire and Arran 649m

Fife 570m

Highland 564m

Forth Valley 434m

Dumfries and Galloway 270m

Ambulance service 197m

Borders 186m

Western Isles 69m

National Waiting Times Centre Board 66m

NHS 24 54m

State Hospital Board 52m

Shetland 49m

Orkney 44m

IN NUMBERS

13,334,556,588

Total spent by quangos in 2008-9

287,360,000

Spent by Scottish Enterprise alone

50%

Of public expenditure is spent by quangos

186

Quangos in Scotland at the onset of devolution

115

Quangos in Scotland today

35

Executive quangos

14

Advisory quangos

38

Public tribunals, including children's panels

50%

The minimum amount of funding provided to quangos by central government

9,900

People employed by quangos during 1999

14,900

People employed by quangos during 2008

6

Quangocrats who are paid more than the Prime Minister

1,596

Quangocrats who are paid between 80,000 and 100,000

263,000

The salary of Scottish Water's chief executive

203,000

The salary of Scottish Enterprise's chief executive

146,000

The salary of VisitScotland's chief executive

400m

The highest quango salary bill

25%

Reduction in public bodies proposed in Public Services Reform Bill