Number of Scottish Government staff suspended from on full pay: FOI release

Information requested

• How many Scottish Government members of staff are currently suspended on full pay?
• Please state the length of time each staff member has been suspended, if this is not possible, please break them down by those suspended for a year or more, three months or more or one month or more.
• For each, can you please provide their annual salary? If this is not possible, please provide the salary range/ band along with details of pay grades within the band?
• If possible, a broad description of why they are suspended.

Response

In your request, you asked for information about members of staff. Our response therefore covers Scottish Government staff employed in the core directorates (see Annex A for details).

You have asked for information about the number of staff who are currently suspended on full pay. As previously advised, suspension is only used in very exceptional circumstances and in line with our policies and ACAS guidance. The need to suspend a member of staff is kept under regular review.

As of 20 August 2024, there were 4 staff members who were currently suspended on full pay:

	Length of Time	Salary Range
Case 1	One Year or More	£ 29,013 - 31,177
Case 2	One Year or More	£ 32,140 - 34,861
Case 3	One Year or More	£ 29,013 - 31,177
Case 4	One Month or More	£ 38,061 – 39,220

As before, we are unable to provide the reason for each suspension as your email requests, as this may include information that is classed as personal data and therefore exempt under section 38 within the OSIC briefing guidance (BriefingSection38PersonalInformationGDPR.pdf (itspublicknowledge.info). 

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FOI - 202400427718 - Information released - Annex A

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