202300342888 · FOI · unclear
Civil servants currently working on the National Care Service: FOI release
Information requested
How many civil servants are currently working on the National Care Service ? Please provide this figure for each month since work on the NCS began. Please also provide the salary band for each civil servant. What is the total spend on civil servants relating to work on the National Care Service ? Please provide this figure for each month since work on the NCS began. Any correspondence between civil servants or between civil servants and government ministers relating to the viability of the National Care Service, or a potential pausing or scrapping of the National Care Service.
Response
Question 1:
Please find outlined below a complete breakdown of civil servants working on the National Care Service, including monthly figures and salary information:
Month Total Number Civil Servants working on National Care Service Salary band breakdown of Civil Servants working on National Care Service August 2021 19 Senior Civil Servant: 1 C2: 2 C1: 4 B3: 7 B2: 1 B1: 3 A3: 1 September 2021 22 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C2: 2 C1: 5 B3: 7 B2: 2 B1: 3 A3: 1 October 2021 22 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C2: 2 C1: 5 B3: 9 B2: 1 B1: 3 November 2021 28 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C2: 3 C1: 6 B3: 11 B2: 2 B1: 4 December 2021 27 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C2: 2 C1: 6 B3: 10 B2: 2 B1: 4 A3: 1 January 2022 30 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C3: 1 C2: 3 C1: 6 B3: 12
B2: 1 B1: 4 A3: 1 February 2022 40 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C3: 1 C2: 6 C1: 9 B3: 14 B2: 2 B1: 5
A3: 1 March 2022 39 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C3: 1 C2: 6 C1: 9 B3: 11 B2: 5 B1: 4 A3: 1 April 2022 58 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C3: 3 C2: 8 C1: 13 B3: 13 B2: 9 B1: 9 A3: 1 May 2022 63 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C3: 3 C2: 8 C1: 14 B3: 13 B2: 11 B1: 11 A3: 1 June 2022 67 Senior Civil Servant: 2 C3: 3 C2: 9 C1: 14 B3: 14 B2: 13 B1: 11 A3: 1 July 2022 76 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 3 C2: 10 C1: 14 B3: 17 B2: 16 B1: 12 A3: 1 August 2022 92 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 3 C2: 10 C1: 16 B3: 27 B2: 20 B1: 13 A3: 1 September 2022 106 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 3 C2: 10 C1: 18 B3: 30 B2: 25 B1: 15 A3: 2 October 2022 146 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 2
C2: 15 C1: 28 B3: 43 B2: 33 B1: 17 A3: 5 November 2022 160 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 2 C2: 16 C1: 34 B3: 47 B2: 35 B1: 18 A3: 5 December 2022 164 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 2 C2: 17 C1: 35 B3: 48 B2: 36 B1: 18 A3: 5 January 2023 166 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 2 C2: 17 C1: 35 B3: 49 B2: 37 B1: 18 A3: 5 February 2023 166 Senior Civil Servant: 3 C3: 2 C2: 17 C1: 35 B3: 50 B2: 37 B1: 17 A3: 5
With effect from 1 April 2021 the pay ranges within the Scottish Government Main (SGM) pay bargaining unit are:
A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 Max-3 £27,237 £31,542 £39,659 £49,861 £65,275 £75,446 Max-2 £21,045 £24,395 £27,938 £33,071 £40,814 £53,476 £67,545 £76,307 Max-1 £22,139 £25,124 £28,990 £34,600 £42,996 £57,190 £70,478 £77,168 Max £23,233 £25,934 £30,039 £36,129 £47,485 £62,167 £75,341 £77,340
Question 2:
Please find information relating to the total spend on civil servants working on the National Care Service below (rounded to the nearest thousand):
Month Monthly Cost of Civil Servants working on National Care Service August 2021 £102,000
September 2021 £106,000 October 2021 £116,000 November 2021 £140,000 December 2021 £153,000 January 2022 £184,000 February 2022 £207,000 March 2022 £222,000 April 2022 £319,000 May 2022 £354,000 June 2022 £383,000 July 2022 £399,000 August 2022 £468,000 September 2022 £523,000 October 2022 £618,000 November 2022 £989,000 December 2022 £846,000 January 2023 £864,000
The total monthly cost for civil servants includes - in addition to the salaries of all staff who work under the NCS Programme - charges for the NCS Programme to utilise centralised staff such as legal services, human resources, Procurement and SG Health Finance.
We are not able to produce a breakdown of numbers and grades for these services, as many different colleagues may work on providing these services to the NCS Programme alongside their daily roles, and we do not collect data on how many colleagues contribute to providing this service, or their grade.
Question 3:
With regard to correspondence between civil servants or between civil servants and government ministers relating to National Care Service viability, potential pausing or scrapping, we invoke a formal notice under Section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. This is because – at the time of your request – no such correspondence categorised by this description exists.
You may wish to note, however, that the Minister for Mental Wellbeing & Social Care - Mr. Stewart - previously wrote to Parliament to ask for a pause on the progress of the bill and to request deferral of stage 1 debate.
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Question 3: With regard to correspondence between civil servants or between civil servants and government ministers relating to National Care Service viability, potential pausing or scrapping, we invoke a formal notice under Section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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