Scottish Forestry budget and staff: FOI release

Information requested

1. The total operational budget of Scottish Forestry in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25.

2. The total headcount of Scottish Forestry in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25.

3. The total FTE number of staff employed by Scottish Forestry in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25.

4. The FTE number of staff in the Financial Year 2024/25 earning salaries over a) £50,000,

b) £80,000 and c) £100,000.

For questions 1-3, a template for the response would be the following:

	Total operational budget	Total headcount	FTE number of staff
2022/23	£-	-	-
2023/24	£-	-	-
2024/25	£-	-	-

And for question 4, a template would be:

	FTE number of staff
Over £50,000	-
Over £80,000	-
Over £100,000	-

Response

For questions 1-3, our response is:

	Total operational budget after (ABR & SBR)	Total headcount	FTE number of staff
2022/23	£84,369,000	224	201.99
2023/24	£93,827,000	236	224.11
2024/25	£70,281,000	241	227.86

We would like to provide further information which may be of further assistance:

The audit amounts of Scottish Forestry budget and expenditure for the years 2022/23 and 2023/24 are currently in the annual report for those years as listed below:

https://www.forestry.gov.scot/publications/1514-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023/viewdocument/1514 

https://www.forestry.gov.scot/publications/1605-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024/viewdocument/1605605 

For question 4, our response is:

The FTE number of staff in the Financial Year 2024/25 earning salaries over a) £50,000, b) £80,000 and c) £100,000.

Salaries in Financial Year 2024/25	FTE number of staff
Over £50,000	51.3
Over £80,000	3
Over £100,000	0

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