Education Scotland legal services employees: FOI release

Information requested

I am writing to request the following information under Freedom of Information legislation.

1. The number of FTE employees who work in Education Scotland’s internal legal team, including all lawyers, solicitors, etc. in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25.

2. The total amount spent by Education Scotland on internal legal services, including the salaries of employees in the legal team, expenses, etc. in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25.

3. The total amount spent by Education Scotland on external legal services in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25.

To clarify, I am seeking each of the three points of information for each of the three financial years so would be expecting nine distinct figures in the response, as per the following template.

	FY 2022/23	FY 2023/24	FY 2024/25
No. of FTE internal legal team employees	-	-	-
Amount spent on internal legal services	£-	£-	£-
Amount spent on external legal services	£-	£-	£-

 

Response

Please find below the information you have requested.

	FY 2022/23	FY 2023/24	FY 2024/25
No. of FTE internal legal team employees	Nil	Nil	Nil
Amount spent on internal legal services	£0	£0	£0
Amount spent on external legal services Glow Other Total	£13,987.24 £639.36 £14,626.60	£8,423.52 £32,903.64 £41,327.16	£9,109 £31,515 £40,624

Education Scotland does not have an internal legal team and all legal services are sourced from outwith the organisation.

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