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Written Question · S6W-04067 · Session 6

What steps it has taken to introduce appropriate remuneration for board members of national culture and heritage public bodies, as referred…

Answered Asked by Sharon Dowey Con Lodged 27 Oct 2021

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to introduce appropriate remuneration for board members of national culture and heritage public bodies, as referred to in A Culture Strategy for Scotland.

The answer

Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 Nov 2021 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

The position of Chair of Creative Scotland has attracted remuneration since the organisation was established on 1 July 2010 though no incumbent to date has chosen to accept that offer.
From 1 October 2019 members of Creative Scotland other than the Chair have been entitled to receive a daily fee of £218 per day up to a maximum of £2,616.
The introduction of remuneration for the board members of the other national culture and heritage public bodies has been deferred while the priority has been those bodies’ response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remuneration will be considered, taking into account those bodies’ charitable status and also Scottish Ministers’ powers to remunerate according to each body’s statute.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-04067 by reference.