Scottish public pensions agency colleagues working abroad: FOI release

Information requested

1. The number of staff, per year, given permission to work from abroad.

2. For each member of staff granted permission, please provide their pay band, the country they have been allowed to work from, the length of time that they have been allowed to work for and the dates they were allowed to work from abroad. Please also provide the reason.

Response

1. Please find below the number of staff, per year, SPPA granted permission to work from abroad:
2020/21 = 0
2021/22 = 1
2022/23 = 2

2. Please find information for each member of staff granted permission in the table below:

Colleague	Grade	Location	Period	Working days	Reason
1	A4	Poland	27th September 2021 to 8th October 2021	10	Visiting Family
2	B2	Australia	11th April 2022 to 9th June 2022	44	Wellbeing Visiting Family Providing respite care for relatives
3	B2	Spain	23rd July 2022 to 14th August 2022	15	Wellbeing Visiting Family

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