Total Costs of Establishing Qualifications Scotland Branding

Date published: 13/03/2026

1. The total costs to Qualifications Scotland (so far) for re-branding the Scottish Qualifications Authority to Qualifications Scotland.

2. Revised year 2 2026-27 costs and year 3 2027-28 (if available) for branding/website costs

NOTE: I refer to the original costs contained in the Financial Memorandum document related to the Education (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 49) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 4 June 2024 https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/education-scotland-bill/introduced/financial-memorandum-accessible.pdf (accessed 24/02/26) 17. The new qualification body costs for 2025-26, including savings from cessation of the SQA, are estimated to be between ? ?total costs: ? One-off costs on staffing (�0.514 - �0.628 million), branding/website (�0.140- �0.166 million) and costs associated transferring staff (�0.200 - �0.400 million) amounting to between �0.854 – 1.194 million? If you can supply the actual costs so far please

1. The total cost of establishing branding for Qualifications Scotland is £58,824
2. Under section 17, when a public authority does not hold information, it must inform the applicant. There is no additional transition funding for this activity in future years.

The actual one-off costs for staffing, branding, website and staff transfer to date is £943,000. Where possible in-house resource was utilised.

Please note that we do not have the scope (of what was included in the original figures and as such comparisons may not be like for like.