Transport Scotland - breakdown of staff: FOI release
- Published
- 3 July 2019
- Part of
- Public sector, Transport
- FOI reference
- FOI/19/01549
- Date received
- 25 June 2019
- Date responded
- 2 July 2019
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
You asked for “the breakdown of the staff who work at Transport Scotland. I wanted to compare the numbers who works on road related projects, compared to public transport and active travel”
Response
The answer to your question is that, at the end of May 2019, a total of 454 permanent staff were working at Transport Scotland. Transport Scotland has 8 Directorates plus our Chief Executive’s Office. The breakdown of staff is given in the table below:
| DIRECTORATE | NUMBER OF STAFF |
| Chief Executive’s Office | 3 |
| Aviation, Maritime, Freight & Canals | 35 |
| Bus, Accessibility & Active Travel | 69 |
| Finance & Corporate Services | 48 |
| Low Carbon Economy | 21 |
| Major Projects | 62 |
| Rail | 67 |
| Roads | 103 |
| Strategy & Analysis | 46 |
Further information on what each of our directorates are responsible for can be found on the Transport Scotland website.
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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