Scottish Government employees and ancillary staffing costs: FOI release
- Published
- 21 January 2025
- Directorate
- People Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector, Work and skills
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400444431
- Date received
- 9 December 2024
- Date responded
- 19 December 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
The previous 3 years staffing and employment costs in regards to the running of the Scottish Government employees and ancillary staffing costs to include each and every level of pay scales and further any ancillary or sub-contracted costs in regards to staffing and employment.
Response
The Scottish Government’s annual consolidated accounts provide a breakdown of operating costs in Note 5f. The scope of the operating costs in Note 5f covers Scottish Government as well as several other public bodies. The consolidated reports and accounts for the years requested can be found here: Financial reports and accounts - Government finance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).
We have interpreted your request as relating to core Scottish Government, in line with the structuring of consolidated accounts. We have also interpreted “ancillary” staffing and employment costs to mean Employers National Insurance Contributions and Employers Pension Contributions. A breakdown of all of this information in relation to Scottish Government Core for the requested years is provided below:
Staff costs |
2021-22 £'000 |
Wages and Salaries |
365,931 |
National Insurance employer contribution costs |
40,439 |
Employers' pension contribution costs |
101,127 |
Total |
507,497 |
Staff costs |
2022-23 £'000 |
Wages and Salaries |
419,991 |
National Insurance employer contribution costs |
49,372 |
Employers' pension contribution costs |
116,917 |
Total |
586,280 |
Staff costs |
2023-24 £'000 |
Wages and Salaries |
455,429 |
National Insurance employer contribution costs |
52,040 |
Employers' pension contribution costs |
127,741 |
Total |
635,210 |
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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Edinburgh
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