Question reference: S6W-18024
- Date lodged: 16 May 2023
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 May 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many quasi-governmental agencies, also known as quangos, it has funded in each year since 1999, and how much it spent on each.
Answer
Quasi-government agencies (quangos) are referred to as devolved national public bodies. There is no requirement to maintaining financial records of devolved national public bodies as far back as 1999, therefore, this information is not held centrally.
The national directory of all devolved national public bodies is in the public domain, and may be accessed in the following link. It provides information on Scottish Government funding for the current year, where applicable. It also provides links to the webpages containing published accounts for the various bodies.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-public-bodies-directory/pages/introduction/