Information and costs on press/communications/media officers employed over the last five financial years: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for the following information from Education Scotland:

Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I am requesting the following information:

The total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) press and/or communications and/or media officers employed over the last five financial years (broken down by year).

The total cost (including salaries, benefits, and other associated costs) of employing these press and/or communications and/or media officers over the last five financial years (broken down by year).

If possible, can I please have the information provided in a table like the following – with your organisation’s name in the first section (where I am using the Scottish Government as an example), following the information I have asked for:

Response

Please see the tables below outlining the information you have requested. Please note that 2024-25 figures include forecast spend Oct 24 - Mar 25 of £212,611.04.

Organisation	2020-21		2021-22		2022-23
	Number	cost	Number	cost	Number	cost
Education Scotland	5.79	£261,804.80	5.68	£261,737.91	6.79	£347,567.33

Organisation	2023-24		2024-25
	Number	cost	Number	cost
Education Scotland	6.8	£413,636.23	5.8	£419,451.32

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