Transport Scotland yearly number of employees: FOI release
- Published
- 28 March 2024
- Topic
- Public sector, Transport
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400397368
- Date received
- 5 February 2024
- Date responded
- 28 February 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
“The approx. yearly number of Transport Scotland employees 2018 to present and their roles."
Response
The answer to your question is outlined in the table below. Due to the volume of Transport Scotland employees, and the regular changes in role titles, I have provided the number of Transport Scotland employees based on grade from 2018 to present. The figures below are taken from January of each requested year.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| A3 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 20 |
| A4 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| B1 | 40 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 42 | 43 |
| B2 | 74 | 83 | 101 | 99 | 104 | 112 | 114 |
| B3 | 123 | 123 | 142 | 144 | 146 | 157 | 163 |
| Fast Stream | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Graduate Development Programme | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C1 | 56 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 100 | 104 | 102 |
| C2 | 27 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 43 | 46 | 44 |
| C3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| Senior Civil Service | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Total | 402 | 439 | 480 | 489 | 511 | 535 | 531 |
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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