Civil servants employed overseas: FOI release

Information requested

How many civil servants are currently employed overseas, broken down by (a) directorate, (b) pay grade and (c) country in which they are employed? Can I also please have their job titles if possible?

Response

The answer to your question is there are currently 22 civil servants employed overseas with the additional information you requested noted below. All our international offices, with the exception of Scotland House Brussels (for which we have provided you with the pay bands for each member of staff), have only 3 or 4 staff and providing the individual bands would make it relative easy to find out the pay rates for each individual in the specific band. Therefore while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide a small amount of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. This is because it is personal data of a third party, specifically the salaries of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.

This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

International Office	Scottish Government Civil Servants /Salary scale	Designation of officers
Beijing	1 x A-C Band	Head of Scottish Government International Office
Washington DC	2 x A-C Band	Head of Scottish Government International Office; Deputy Head of Scottish Government International Office
Ottawa	2 x A-C Band	Head of Scottish Government International Office; Deputy Head of Scottish Government International Office
Paris	2 x A-C Band	Head of Scottish Government International Office; Deputy Head of Scottish Government International Office
Dublin	2 x A-C Band	Head of Scottish Government International Office; Deputy Head of Scottish Government International Office
Berlin	2 x A-C Band	Head of Scottish Government International Office;  Deputy Head of Scottish Government International Office
Brussels	The detail for Scotland House Brussels can be found in the following FOI link. Breakdown of staff numbers in Scotland House, Brussels: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)	Scotland House Brussels Director Deputy Director Senior Policy Adviser Energy and Marine Senior Policy Adviser Research and Innovation Senior Policy Adviser Trade, Economics and Inclusive Growth Head, International Justice Cooperation Unit Senior Policy Adviser Political, EU Institutions and Engagement Marine Planning and Strategy Manager EU Policy Officer - Trade & Economic Development Policy Adviser - Environment & Transport Policy and Communications Officer

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