Full list of major Scottish quangos
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