Information relating to Education Scotland: FOI release

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
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