Transport Scotland - demographic make-up of employees: FOI release

Information requested

1. The total number of employees working for Transport Scotland

2. The % percentage share of genders

3. The % percentage of staff that have British citizenship

4. Racial groups as the UK govt. classifies:

White - British
White - Irish
Asian - Indian
Asian - Pakistani
Asian - Bangladeshi
Asian - Chinese
and the other non-national ethnic groups (like Africans, Arabs, other Asian, other White, Caribbean, Mixed race, etc.)

5. Religious identities, in particular the number of:

Christians
Muslims
Hindus
Buddhists
Sikhs
Jews
non-religious & other religion populations.

6. Among the UK’s recognised indigenous minority languages, what number of staff members can speak:

Scots
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
Ulster Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch)
English

7. The number of staff members who can speak the world's 10-most spoken languages (besides English) if that is recorded by chance, namely:

Chinese
Hindi
Spanish
French
Arabic
Bengali
Russian
Portuguese
Urdu

Response

Data has been provided as at December 2024 as this is the latest date that has been published externally. Data is not published between publications; this is to reduce the risk of disclosure of sensitive information through differencing.

Where groups number fewer than 5, these groups have been combined to reduce the risk of disclosure of sensitive information. Categories follow the way data was recorded in Scotland’s Census 2022. In some cases, this may not match with categories used by other UK Government departments.

As of the 31st December 2024:

1. The total number of employees working for Transport Scotland - 566

2. The % percentage share of genders - 50.4% Female and 49.6% Male

3. The % percentage of staff that have British citizenship - Data is not collected

4. Racial groups as the UK govt. classifies:

Ethnicity	Count
Asian - Chinese or Other	7
Asian - Indian or Pakistani	7
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups, African, Caribbean, Black or Other ethnic group	7
Prefer not to say	13
Unknown	112
White - Irish	14
White - Other	59
White - Other British	74
White - Scottish	273

5. Religious identities, in particular the number of

Religion	Count
Church of Scotland	60
Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan or Sikh	10
None	233
Other Christian	25
Other religion or belief	7
Prefer not to say	25
Roman Catholic	67
Unknown	139

6. Among the UK’s recognised indigenous minority languages, what number of staff members can speak - Data is not collected

7. The number of staff members who can speak the World's 10-most spoken languages - Data is not collected

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