Reasons for civil servant dismissals: FOI release

Information requested

In the Statistical bulletin – Civil Service Statistics: 2024, column G (“Headcount of all leavers from the Civil Service for the following cause: Dismissal”) of Table 42 (“Civil Service leavers by government department and leaving cause, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024”) notes that 160 civil servants were dismissed from the Scottish Government.

Can you please provide reasons for each dismissal using one of the following categories?

1. Poor performance
2. Misconduct
3. Long-term illness
4. Other

Please use the following template to report the reasons:

Reasons	Poor performance	Misconduct	Long-term illness	Other	Total
Number of dismissals					160

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested in the table that you have provided.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. In your request, you have requested details of staff dismissed by the following organisations:

Accountant in Bankruptcy
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Disclosure Scotland
Education Scotland
Food Standards Scotland
Forestry and Land Scotland
National Records of Scotland
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Registers of Scotland
Revenue Scotland
Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service
Scottish Fiscal Commission
Scottish Housing Regulator
Scottish Prisons Service
Scottish Public Pensions Agency
Social Security Scotland
Student Awards Agency for Scotland
Transport Scotland

However, you may wish to contact these organisations using the contact details listed in Annex B and they will be able to help you.

Our response therefore covers staff dismissed within the core Director-General areas of the Scottish Government (see Annex A attached). The information which you requested is provided below:

Reasons	Poor performance	Misconduct	Long-term illness	Other	Total
Number of dismissals	0	1	5	3	9

You will note that there is a discrepancy between the information which I have provided and the information that is stated within the Civil Service statistical bulletin. The information provided in the Civil Service statistical bulletin is rounded to the nearest five, whereas as I have provided you with the exact number of staff that were dismissed.

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