Public service reform reporting
NatureScot is required to report certain aspects of our spending under the Public Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
Our financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
You can read our full Annual Report and Accounts Financial Year 2023-24.
Statement of expenditure 2023-24
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2023-24
- Public Relations - £2,138,540.20
- Overseas Travel - £9,024.02
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £63,318.43
- External Consultancy - £1,688,822.25
Statement of expenditure 2022-23
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2022-23
- Public Relations - £2,057,408.66
- Overseas Travel - £12,041.84
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £33,746.17
- External Consultancy - £1,045,967.91
Statement of expenditure 2021-22
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2021-22
- Public Relations - £2,110,987.46
- Overseas Travel - £44.84
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £5,085.10
- External Consultancy – £1,034,995.91
Statement of expenditure 2020-21
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2020-21
- Public Relations - £1,606,115.60
- Overseas Travel - £299.99
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £1,262.31
- External Consultancy – £939,027.96
Statement of expenditure 2019-20
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2019-20
- Public Relations - £1,816,437.89
- Overseas Travel - £16,830.25
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £68,996.37
- External Consultancy – £1,127,120.92
Statement of expenditure 2018-19
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2018-19
- Public Relations - £1,641,431.91
- Overseas Travel - £16,310.26
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £89,583.84
- External Consultancy – £1,591,150.00
Statement of expenditure 2017-18
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2017-18
- Public Relations - £1,451,310.89
- Overseas Travel - £12,692.70
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £78,316.72
- External Consultancy – £1,118,720.29
Statement of expenditure 2016-17
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2016-17
- Public Relations - £1,687,852.54
- Overseas Travel - £14,131.08
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £80,226.38
- External Consultancy – £1,435,808.53
Statement of expenditure 2015-16
- Payments in excess of £25,000 in 2015-16
- Public Relations - £1,565,520.49
- Overseas Travel - £13,028.55
- Hospitality & Entertainment - £84,392.22
- External Consultancy - £1,584,264.43
Statement of expenditure 2014–15
- Payments over £25,000 in 2014–15
- Public relations: £2,165,544.40
- Overseas travel: £20,007.04
- Hospitality and entertainment: £90,084.72
- External consultancy: £1,918,577.61
Statement of expenditure 2013–14
- Payments over £25,000 in 2013–14
- Public relations: £2,812,428.48
- Overseas travel: £15,313.71
- Hospitality and entertainment: £82,454.79
- External consultancy: £2,213,774.09
Statement of expenditure 2012–13
- Payments over £25,000 in 2012–13
- Public relations: £2,591,697.07
- Overseas travel: £15,704.68
- Hospitality and entertainment: £86,290.43
- External consultancy: £2,102,704.92
What’s included?
Expenditure on public relations includes:
- advertising
- payment of external public relations consultants
- work by our staff on external communications
- any other promotional activity
Expenditure on external consultancy includes:
- provision of land management advice
- research contracts
- provision of landscape advice
- IT consultancy
- property consultancy
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