Information relating to Education Scotland: FOI release
- Published
- 7 February 2022
- Topic
- Education, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100267094
- Date received
- 17 December 2021
- Date responded
- 18 January 2022
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
1. Its annual expenditure since its inception in 2011.
2. The number of staff employed on an annual basis since 2011.
3. The number of staff on an annual basis dedicated to School inspection.
Response
1.
Financial Year |
Annual Expenditure (£M) |
2011/12 |
31.2 |
2012/13 |
30.1 |
2013/14 |
33.8 |
2014/15 |
39.2 |
2015/16 |
36.4 |
2016/17 |
35.7 |
2017/18 |
26.0 |
2018/19 |
32.1 |
2019/20 |
37.8 |
2020/21 |
40.2 |
2.
Financial Year |
No of staff employed |
2011/12 |
366 |
2012/13 |
351 |
2013/14 |
326 |
2014/15 |
349 |
2015/16 |
347 |
2016/17 |
316 |
2017/18 |
279 |
2018/19 |
362 |
2019/20 |
385 |
2020/21 |
369 |
2021/22 |
378 |
3. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the information is not available to your specific request for school inspector numbers. Our system does not record the area of inspection on which each HM Inspector focuses, so we have provided you with the total number of HM Inspectors, rather than those who only focus on school inspections.
We hold data on the staffing levels within the dedicated inspection administration team from 2018 when the team was created and have included this below. It should be noted that these staff members provide support to HM Inspections across all sectors - not just those involved in school inspections.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Education Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested.
Financial Year |
No of HMI staff dedicated to inspection |
2011/12 |
67 |
2012/13 |
67 |
2013/14 |
66 |
2014/15 |
74 |
2015/16 |
83 |
2016/17 |
78 |
2017/18 |
79 |
2018/19 |
61 |
2019/20 |
67 |
2020/21 |
76 |
2021/22 |
80 |
Financial Year |
No of staff working in inspection administration |
2018/19 |
16 |
2019/20 |
17 |
2020/21 |
16 |
2021/22 |
14 |
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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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