Individuals aged over 50 offered empolyment with Scottish Government: FOI release

Information requested

What statistics are available detailing the number of individuals aged over 50 that have been offered full time or temporary employment within the Scottish Government and its departments / subsidiaries over the last 5 years and what that number represents as a percentage of the overall number of contracts of employment offered.

Response

The statistics provided in the attached annex detail the number of job offers (permanent and temporary) made by the Scottish Government and its Agencies over the last 5 years. These are broken down by candidate age (over and under 50 years old) and are shown as both the actual number and as a percentage of offers made in the period.

Directly employed job offers (includes both internal and external candidates) made in each of the last 5 years by age group and by permanent or temporary.

Year period ending 30th September	Type of Contract	Age Group						All
		1. Unknown Number	%	2. 50 And Under	%	3. Over 50	%
2015	Temporary	0	0.0	83	84.7	15	15.3	98
	Permanent	32	2.6	999	81.8	191	15.6	1,222
	All	32	2.4	1,082	82.0	206	15.6	1,320
2016	Temporary	1	0.5	164	86.8	24	12.7	189
	Permanent	31	2.1	1,199	82.5	223	15.4	1,453
	All	32	2.0	1,363	83.0	247	15.0	1,642
2017	Temporary	2	2.6	63	80.8	13	16.7	78
	Permanent	56	2.4	1,927	83.7	320	13.9	2,303
	All	58	2.4	1,990	83.6	333	14.0	2,381
2018	Temporary	0	0.0	83	90.2	9	9.8	92
	Permanent	38	1.1	2,967	85.9	448	13.0	3,453
	All	38	1.1	3,050	86.0	457	12.9	3,545
2019	Temporary	2	1.9	88	81.5	18	16.7	108
	Permanent	43	1.1	3,438	86.7	485	12.2	3,966
	All	45	1.1	3,526	86.6	503	12.4	4,074

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