Posted on Sunday, 6th June 2010 by admin
Almost £37 million was paid out in bonuses to staff at quangos and in the NHS last year.
The Liberal Democrats said that answers to Freedom of Information requests showed £36.969m was paid out to public sector bodies in the 2008-09 financial year.
Of that, £26m was paid out in so-called “distinction awards” for senior NHS doctors. Scottish Water paid out almost £4.3m and the Scottish Prison Service £1.3m. Almost £1.9m went on core Scottish Government bonuses.
The Lib Dems called on the Scottish Government to get tough on bonuses during the economic crisis.
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