Scottish Forestry salary band information: FOI release

Information requested

1. A breakdown of the number of Scottish Forestry employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.).

2. The number of Scottish Forestry employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.

3. The number of Scottish Forestry employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.

4. The number of Scottish Forestry employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

Response

1. A breakdown of the number of Scottish Forestry employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.):

Grade	Salary Band	Number of employees
PB6b	£28,255 - £29,556	37
PB6a	£31,611- £33,125	18
PB5	£34,362 - £36,658	63
PB5 (Op)	£39,860 - £42,116	5
PB4	£42,467- £45,735	56
PB3	£49,978 - £54,412	38
PB2	£62,011 - £68,625	18
PB1	£74,577 - £82,542	Withheld

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide all the information you have requested because exemptions sections 38(1)(b) (personal information) apply. The reasons why these exemptions apply is explained below.

2. The number of Scottish Forestry employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher:

55

3. The number of Scottish Forestry employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher:

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide all the information you have requested because exemptions sections 38(1)(b) (personal information) apply. The reasons why these exemptions apply is explained below.

4. The number of Scottish Forestry employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher:

0

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. to protect the anonymity and salary details 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.

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