Annual Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2020
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Title Contents Performance Report Overview Objectives Performance Report Performance Analysis Accountability Report Corporate Governance Accountability Report Remuneration & Staff Report Annual Report & Accounts Annual For the year ended Accounts 31 March 2020 transport.gov.scot Annex 2 | Contents Title Contents Contents Our year in numbers 3 Performance Report Annual Accounts 81 Objectives 30 Statement of Comprehensive Case study 1 Our Social and Community Issues 42 Net Expenditure 82 Performance A Transport Vision for Scotland 4 Forward Look 44 Statement of Financial Position 83 Report Case study 2 Our Financials 45 Cash Flow Statement 85 Overview Working Together 5 Sources of Funding 46 Statement of Changes in Financial performance and Taxpayers’ Equity 87 Foreword by Chief Executive 6 use of resources 47 Notes to the Accounts 89 Outturn Analysis 48 Performance Report Sustainability 51 Annex 132 Objectives Overview 8 Transport Scotland Direction by Our Key Risks and Challenges 10 Accountability Report The Scottish Ministers 133 Performance Summary 15 Introduction and Corporate Governance 54 Glossary 134 Performance The National Transport Strategy Directors Report 55 Report for Scotland 2020 16 Statement of Accountable Officer’s Performance Our Vision and What We Do 17 Responsibilities 56 Analysis Governance Statement 57 Strategic Objectives Accountability Introduction 19 Remuneration & Staff Report 66 Report Strategic Transport Planning Staff Report 67 Corporate and Governance 20 Remuneration Report 69 Governance Environmental Sustainability 21 Parliamentary Accountability Report 75 Maintaining and Developing Scotland’s Independent Auditor’s Report 76 Transport Networks 22 Report on the audit of Accountability New Infrastructure 23 financial statements 76 Report Moving Freight 24 Report on the regularity of Remuneration & Moving People 25 expenditure and income 79 Staff Report Improving Communications, Report on other requirements 79 Travel Choices, Resilience and Safety 26 Use of my report 80 Procurement, Asset and Contract Management 27 Annual Who We Are and How We Operate 28 Accounts Transport Scotland Annual Report & Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2020 Annex 3 | Our year in numbers Title Our year in numbers Transport Scotland’s aim is to help deliver the Scottish Government Strategy Contents of creating a fairer, wealthier, safer, stronger and greener Scotland, with opportunities to flourish through increasing sustainable growth. Performance Report Overview Operational Highlights Financial Highlights Net Operating Costs New National Transport Objectives Strategy published £2.3 billion 1,221 responses received during the consultation Roads: £533 million Rail: £996 million Performance Bus & Concessionary Travel: £275 million Ferry: £215 million Report period, lasting from July until October 2019. Low Carbon and other Transport Initiatives: £260 million Performance Analysis Royal Assent DEL Underspend Accountability £7.5 million Report received Strategic Partnerships set up, £64 million Corporate Governance Our teams led the journey ensuring Scotland has access Total underspend through Parliament of the to a world-leading Electric Vehicle new Transport (Scotland) (EV) charging network. £94 million Accountability Act, 2019. Report Remuneration & Staff Report Net Assets A further £4 million to support £18 million the uptake of Ultra-Low Capital Expenditure Invested in public, Emission Vehicles (ULEV’s) £20.4 billion private and domestic across Scotland, and over £11 £238 million Road Asset Base million to incentivise uptake Annual charging installations Accounts across Scotland. across public and private fleets. £20.9 billion Transport Scotland Annual Report & Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2020 Annex 4 | Highlights Title Case study 1: A Transport Vision for Scotland Contents The new National Transport Strategy 2020 Performance Report Overview • The National Transport Strategy (NTS2) for • A comprehensive consultation exercise was Scotland, was published on 5 February 2020. undertaken on the draft Strategy in the This was the culmination of an extensive summer of 2019, and our teams welcomed review of Scotland’s transport needs, and the responses received from individuals was based on significant collaborative work and organisations and incorporated these Objectives with partner bodies and engagement with into the final Strategy. stakeholders and communities. This work Performance involved all Directorates of Transport • Our Policy Teams also gathered evidence Report Scotland and liaison with the wider and performed detailed analyses to Performance Scottish Government. demonstrate how we will address the Analysis challenges and achieve our Priorities. • The Strategy serves as a catalyst for We set out our plans to establish a change, and sets out a compelling vision for Transport Strategy Delivery Board and Accountability transport in Scotland over the next twenty Transport Citizens’ Panels. Report years. It was developed in the context of Corporate wider work on the Transport (Scotland) Act • We have developed a range of Policies to Governance 2019 which, for the first time, placed the act as drivers of change and contribute Strategy on a statutory footing. to a range of cross-cutting themes such as Accountability ‘climate action’ and ‘health and wellbeing’. Report • Our Teams worked with an extensive Remuneration & network of partners from urban, rural and • For our work on the National Transport Staff Report island settings and reached out to groups Strategy we were commended in the and communities across the length and Collaboration category at the CIHT breadth of Scotland to hear the views of Awards 2020. a wide range of users and non-users of the transport system. Annual Accounts Transport Scotland Annual Report & Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2020 Annex 5 | Highlights Title Case study 2: Working Together Contents The Solheim Cup Performance Report Overview • In September 2019 Scotland hosted the • Rail: We worked with ScotRail to provide Solheim Cup at Gleneagles and we played travel by rail to Gleneagles Railway Station, a pivotal role in its success, with initial making use of a bespoke temporary planning discussions starting over 3 years footbridge to cross the A9 directly into in advance of the event. the venue within minutes. Objectives • Our Events Resilience Team, supported • Car: We ensured temporary car parks Performance by colleagues from all Directorates within were provided to allow attendees to Report Transport Scotland, created, tested and drive directly to the venue. Performance implemented the Transport Plan, designed Analysis to ensure safe, efficient and effective travel • Active Travel: We ensured the venue for over 90,000 attendees throughout the was easily accessible by foot and provided week, and over 30,000 attendees on the locations to secure bicycles. Accountability key competition days. Report • The 2019 Solheim Cup was the best ever Corporate • We helped set up a Steering Group attended women’s golf event in the UK and Governance containing representatives from the Scottish the long-term benefits to the area and to Government, Perth & Kinross Council, Scotland as a whole included the promotion Accountability Stirling Council, Police Scotland, British and showcasing of Scotland as a leading Report Transport Police, Stagecoach, ScotRail, event host; the economic benefits from Remuneration & Gleneagles Hotel, Traffic Scotland, BEAR 90,000 attendees and increased activity Staff Report and AMEY, which met to share information during the event; the promotion of the and ensure every mode of transport health benefits of playing a sport to a operated effectively. younger generation; and the promotion of equality by indirectly encouraging • Bus Park & Ride: We secured the land more females to play sport. Annual and worked in partnership with Stagecoach Accounts East to provide this service from Stirling and from Perth for the duration of the event. Transport Scotland Annual Report & Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2020 Annex 6 | Foreword Title Foreword by Chief Executive Contents I am pleased to present Transport Scotland’s The on-going challenges of this response are The latter is now recognised as the UK’s most Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-20, likely to be with us for some time as we move comprehensive network outside of London. which sets out our performance against the to transition and restart Scotland’s economy Performance objectives contained in our corporate plan for and re-focus our efforts in achieving our long The past year has also seen the completion Report 2017-20. These reflect the key contribution term ambitions. of a number of projects including the £220 Overview we make to improving transport for the million electrification of the railway between people of Scotland, in line with the Scottish The new National Transport Strategy for Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa, the £31 million Government strategic objectives, which Scotland l (NTS2) laid before the Scottish A737 Dalry Bypass, which opened to traffic were heavily influenced by the Climate Parliament in February 2020, sets our vision seven months ahead of schedule in Change Emergency declared during the for our transport system for the next 20 May 2019, and the £5 million A737 Den Objectives year. This has consequently prioritised years, one which will protect our climate Realignment which was also opened to our contribution to Scotland’s transition and improve the lives of the people of traffic