Scottish Government FOI releases

Scottish Government investigation training: FOI release

Information on investigation training given to government employees including senior staff.

A breakdown amount of Civil Servants the Scottish Government has employed: FOI release

1. How many civil servants worked for the Scottish Government in each year starting with April 2006 to April 2020. 2. What is the current head count of civil servants working for the Scottish Government as of November 2020. 3. What was the cost of employing civil servants for each year since April 2006. 4. How many age...

Racist occurrence statistical count relating to Government employees between specific dates: FOI release

A full statistical count, disclosure and description of subsequent action concerning all reports detailing: (A) Racist hate incidents. (B) Racist acts of civil discrimination. (C) Racist hate crimes. (Including murders or attempted murders) Committed against any black employee by any white employee or any white employe...

Complaints of sexual misconduct: FOI release

‘The names of the false accusers are disclosed in full apart from the accuser who’s allegation was found to be not proven by a jury. If any of the false accusers are children in the case of Scottish law that being 15- please do not disclose there details for mercy’s sake"

Money paid in relation to association with 'investors in people' membership: FOI release

You asked how much money in total has the Government paid in relation to association with 'investors in people' membership. 1. From first joining to date 2. From 2016 to 2020

Scottish Government staff and contravention of fairness at work: FOI release

In your request, you asked for: Please provide with me a report of the statistics including characteristics of individuals having been found guilty of contravention of fairness at work over a 5 year period. I assume you collect information on punishment, grade, gender, nationality, race etc on those found guilty.

Details of any 'inside IR35' contractors at the Scottish Government: FOI release

1. How many open positions you have for "inside IR35" workers/contractors? (ie. how many positions are you advertising but so far have not found suitable people to fill) 2. Scottish Government- How many filled "inside IR35" positions do you have? (ie. how many people are working for you with "inside IR35" conditions) 3...

Fairness at Work process characteristics breakdown: FOI review

Data on relationships between the age, gender, disability, qualifications held and length of service of both the complaints(s) and/ or respondents(s) and the outcome of the fairness at work complaint.

Senior Officials' travel between Edinburgh and London: FOI review

Your original request asked for: 1. Summary details of costs, frequency and methods of travel for the Scottish Government’s Permanent Secretary and Directors-General between Edinburgh and London since 1 January 2018. 2. Drafts, revisions and final copies of any internal policies, guidelines or advice relating to meth...

SG lost or broken electrical equipment and overpayments: FOI release

You asked for the following information: How much has been overpaid (Overpayments made to staff who had left Scottish Government employment where it was decided that it would not be cost effective to continue recovery action) in financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 to date and how many cases did this involve/ I would l...

Scottish Government pay and grading scales and legally qualified roles: FOI release

You asked for: 1. To obtain the Scottish Government pay and grading scales for years 2018-19 and 2019-20; and 2. Job description including competencies, pay grades and titles for all legally qualified roles.

Total cost of Excess Fares Allowance: FOI release

You asked for the following questions to be answered for each year separately from 2019 back to 2009. The number of individuals in receipt of Excess Fares Allowance (EFA)? Total cost to Scottish Government of EFA for that year? Number of cases for each year where an employee has paid money back to Scottish Government ...

Sexual Misconduct/harrassment complaints in SG from 20.11.13 to 20.11.18: FOI release

FOI/19/00041, FOI/19/00047, FOI/19/00049, FOI/19/00051, FOI/19/00073, FOI/19/00089 and FOI/19/00126 - all requests submitted at the same time by the same applicant to various areas of Scottish Government and it's agencies. A centralised response was provided to: The total number of complaints of sexual misconduct or h...

Transfers from Core Scottish Government to other associated bodies: FOI release

Stress management, sickness absence and costs for stress related absence: FOI release

Sexual harrassment claims received since 1999 and disciplinary procedures/outcomes: FOI release

Minutes of meetings of the Race and Equality Network: FOI release

Costs associated with organising staff Christmas parties: FOI release

Project lead posts filled using SLA workers: FOI release

[SLA – service level agreement] You asked in your correspondence: "in the last 3 years how many Scottish Government project lead posts have been filled using this closed in house method, circumventing the formal recruitment process".

Parking tickets for official vehicles 2014-2016: FOI release

1. How many parking tickets paid for the Scottish Government have been accrued by i) Scottish Government Ministers, ii) civil servants; in each of the past three years 2. How many parking tickets have been accrued by diplomatic representatives of foreign governments in the past three years and are the value of bills o...