Question reference: S5W-35964
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government which public bodies have not yet adopted Fair Work agreements with the relevant trade unions.
Answer
The Scottish Government Fair Work agreement covers the following bodies:
- Accountant in Bankruptcy
- Disclosure Scotland
- Education Scotland
- Social Security Scotland
- Scottish Public Pensions Agency
- Student Award Agency for Scotland
- Transport Scotland
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
- Scottish Prison Service
- Food Standards Scotland
- National Records of Scotland
- OSCR
- Revenue Scotland
- Scottish Fiscal Commission
- Scottish Housing Regulator
- Registers of Scotland.
The former Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, wrote to all public bodies in August 2019 encouraging them to adopt Fair Work agreements similar to that entered into by the Scottish Government and the relevant Civil Service Trade Unions. There is no central record of which bodies have entered into such agreements. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture wrote jointly in December 2020 to public bodies reiterating the Scottish Government’s expectation for them, alongside the Scottish Government, to lead the way in mainstreaming Fair Work.