Publication - FOI/EIR release

Social Security Scotland former employee statistics: FOI release

Published: 19 January 2026
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500489207
Date received: 15 October 2025
Date responded: 30 October 2025

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

The total number of former employees at your organisation who failed their probation and had their employment ended, broken down into a table to reflect every financial year since 2021-22.

Response

Please see below the total number of colleagues who have been dismissed during their probation period and therefore failed their probation. This has been broken down by each financial year.

2021/22 – 1
2022/23 – 13
2023/24 – 7
2024/25 – 5
2025/27 YTD - 0

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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

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