Publication - FOI/EIR release

Mairi McAllan Severance Pay: FOI release

Published: 14 November 2023
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills
FOI reference: FOI/202300376295
Date received: 15 September 2023
Date responded: 29 September 2023

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

Information requested

The amount of severance pay Màiri McAllan received when she resigned as a Scottish Government Special Advisor on 5 March 2021.

Response

The answer to your question is Scottish Government Special Advisors agree in acceptance of their contract of employment that they will not receive a severance payment when they resign in the circumstance of running in an election. You can view a model contract for Special Advisors here - Special advisers code of conduct and model contract - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - at paragraph 14d.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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