Publication - FOI/EIR release

Senior Civil Service (SCS) employee information: FOI release

Published: 22 July 2026
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills
FOI reference: FOI/202600509898
Date received: 9 March 2026
Date responded: 7 April 2026

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

Information requested

Under foi I would like to request the number of “floating” SCS staff. This is staff who for example do not manage a usual directorate but are instead doing small projects or something else.

Response

We currently have 1.4 FTE SCS staff who are not managing a Division or Directorate.

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Contact

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

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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