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Building standards verification services - national performance and workforce: annual report 2023-2024
This report provides an overview of the performance of building standards verification services across Scotland and information on the professional workforce employed by local authorities to provide verification services.
10. Length of service
10.1.The percentage of workforce having a length of service 10 years or less remains at 45% of the workforce. See Table 6.
10.2.There has been an increase in the number of staff with over 36 years service and a notable decrease in the number of staff with less than 5 years service from 190 in 2023 to 168 in 2024.
Year Range |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Difference from 2023 (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
41+ |
7 |
8 |
11 |
+3 |
36-40 |
28 |
28 |
39 |
+11 |
31-35 |
62 |
57 |
48 |
-9 |
26-30 |
41 |
48 |
44 |
-4 |
21-25 |
45 |
43 |
41 |
-2 |
16-20 |
90 |
89 |
88 |
-1 |
11-15 |
58 |
55 |
52 |
-3 |
6-10 |
71 |
80 |
92 |
+12 |
0-5 |
157 |
190 |
168 |
-22 |
Total |
559 |
598 |
583 |
-15 |
Contact
Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot