Agricultural department staff: FOI release

Information requested

I am writing to ask for the number of staff employed in the Agricultural and Rural economy directorate over the last five years. I would like the number of people employed broken down for each year. I would also like the number of staff broken down by their salary bands or grades ie C1 or B2 etc for each of the years.

Response

Directly employed staff in Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Economy (ARE)

Grade	01-Apr-18	01-Apr-19	01-Apr-20	01-Apr-21	01-Apr-22
A3	124	129	124	106	113
A4	53	57	56	49	58
B1	351	364	362	346	354
B2	185	206	215	203	252
BFS	1	0	0	0	2
B3	112	143	153	147	172
C1	48	55	53	58	69
C2	18	21	25	26	42
C3	11	10	10	13	12
SCS	7	8	8	6	7
Total	910	993	1006	954	1081

Scottish Government Salaries from April 2022

	A3	A4	B1	B2	B3	BF	C1	C2	C3
Max-3			28,702	33,120	41,642	32,847	52,355	68,540
Max-2	22,182	25,713	29,447	34,725	42,855	35,944	54,867	70,923	79,360
Max-1	23,335	26,481	30,440	36,330	44,888	38,016	58,849	74,002	80,255
Max	24,488	27,335	31,541	37,936	49,860	40,603	65,276	79,109	80,434

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