Number of Scottish Forestry Employees Suspended in 2020 - 2021: FOI release

Information requested

1. In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many employees at this public body have been suspended with full pay? Where an employee’s suspension covers multiple financial years, please only include the year where they were initially suspended.

2. In relation to Q1, what is the respective salary of these employees?

3. Please provide as much detail as possible on why these employees were suspended. E.g. Disciplinary issues, poor quality of work etc.

Response

1. In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many employees at this public body have been suspended with full pay? Where an employee’s suspension covers multiple financial years, please only include the year where they were initially suspended.

In each financial year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, the number of employees at Scottish Forestry who have been suspended with full pay is as follows:

Financial Year	Number of Scottish Forestry Employees Suspended
2021-2022	0
2022-2023	0
2023-2024	0
2024-2025	0
2025-2026	0

2. In relation to Q1, what is the respective salary of these employees?

In accordance with Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), we are issuing a notice that the information you requested is not held by Scottish Forestry.

We can confirm that no Scottish Forestry employees were suspended during the time period for which you requested data. As a result, no records or information pertaining to the salaries of suspended employees exist or are maintained by the authority.

3. Please provide as much detail as possible on why these employees were suspended. E.g. Disciplinary issues, poor quality of work etc.

In accordance with Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), we are issuing a notice that the information you requested is not held by Scottish Forestry.

We can confirm that no Scottish Forestry employees were suspended during the time period for which you requested data. As a result, no records or information pertaining to the reasons for suspension exist or are maintained by the authority.

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