Cost of producing the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment: FOI release

Information requested

The total cost of producing the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment? Please include all costs including staffing, publication, and admin fees.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.

Some of the information you have requested is available from the job advert for Chair of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment with The Scottish Government – Goodmoves. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

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.

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) personal information of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested.

Information relating to the exact salary of each individual involved in the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment is considered personal information under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 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.

During the period of the Review one C band and four B band members of staff from the Scottish Government worked as part of the secretariat. Not all of those individuals were employed full-time on the Review, and not all of them worked on the Review until it’s conclusion. Pay scales for staff are published and can be found here: Financial rewards - Scottish Government Jobs.

The total cost of the work, including interim and final reports, was £128,068.30 and I have enclosed a breakdown of these costs as requested.

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FOI 202500479218 - Information released - Annex A

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