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Annex 1
Financial Delegations
Transport Scotland Chief Executive has full authority to discharge his or her financial responsibilities in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions and the Scottish Public Finance Manual. These responsibilities are detailed in the Personal Financial Responsibility Statement.
The Chief Executive has a specific responsibility to:
- Manage the administrative budget of Transport Scotland.
- Account for expenditure against approved programme budgets.
- Organise the work of Transport Scotland to deliver the required results as economically, efficiently and effectively as possible.
The approved budgets referred to above are:
Delegation to Transport Scotland Chief Executive
Level 2 Categories
Rail Services in Scotland
Concessionary Fares
Motorways and Trunk Roads
Motorways and Trunk Roads depreciation
Motorways and Trunk Roads cost of capital
Level 3 categories
Major Public Transport Infrastructure Projects
Transport Scotland Administration costs
Rail Development
Transport Information
Track Access Grants
Strategic Project Review
Transport Scotland Directorates will have appropriate delegated purchasing authority to ensure that procurement of goods and services is undertaken in accordance with relevant Scottish Executive guidance.
The Chief Executive will ensure that all staff involved in the procurement of goods, works or services for which they have responsibility are aware of these guidelines and relevant guidance on purchasing policy and practice matters including the Scottish Executive's Procurement Policy Manual and Scottish Procurement Directorate Toolkit issued by the Scottish Procurement Directorate and guidance on Public Private Partnerships issued by the Scottish Executive Finance Partnerships Unit. Local procurement procedures should reflect current guidance and practice of Transport Scotland.
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