Scottish Government employee statistics: FOI release

Information requested

For the 2023-2024 financial year:

1. The total number of full-time, permanent Scottish Government employees?

2. The total number of full-time, permanent Scottish Government employees who work in the office full-time?

3. The total number of full-time, permanent Scottish Government employees who work in the office part-time?

Response

Response to Question 1:

As at 31st March 2024, the full-time equivalent (FTE) of full-time permanent employees in Scottish Government Core was 7,665.

The data has been extracted from Scottish governments HR systems and is in line with the latest published official workforce statistics available here Scottish Government workforce information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

Response to Questions 2 & 3:

The Scottish Government (SG) has implemented a hybrid working policy which applies to the majority of our employees. Hybrid working arrangements ensure that colleagues combine working from home with a presence in a workplace (and for some roles, with stakeholders and in communities) each week and may vary from week to week depending on business need. Agreements of what that may look like are reached locally between the employee and their manager and are not recorded centrally.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold the data that you have requested on the number of full-time employees who work full time or part time in the office. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

About FOI

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