FOI/202100144891 · FOI · unclear
Frontline communication and press officers employed by Accountant in Bankruptcy: FOI release
Information requested
1. Can you please set out how many FTE frontline communications staff/press officers there have been for each of the ten years to 2019/20. If an average number cannot be sourced, pick March as a snapshot. 1b. How many FTE frontline communications staff/press officers were there in January (snapshot) 2021. 1c. What was the annual cost of employing those frontline staff in all those years 2009/10 - 2019/20. 2. How many FTE frontline communications staff/press officers have been employed that have been outsourced, In other words, not in-house but external PR/communications supplied by a private company in all those years 2009/10 - 2019/20 2b. How much was spent in those outsourced frontline PR/communications/press office functions, in other words, not in-house but external PR/communications supplied by a private company (as per Q4).
Response
1. A breakdown has been provided in the table below, split into each year, setting out the number of FTE frontline communications staff employed by the Accountant in Bankruptcy over the past ten years.
Year Number of FTE frontline communications staff 2009/10 No information held 2010/11 One staff member 2011/12 Two staff members 2012/13 Two staff members 2013/14 Two staff members 2014/15 Two staff members 2015/16 Two staff members 2016/17 Two staff members 2017/18 Two staff members 2018/19 Three staff members 2019/20 Two staff members
1b. There were two FTE frontline communications staff/press officers in January 2021. 1c. A breakdown has been provided in the table below, split into each year, setting out the annual cost of FTE frontline communications staff employed by the Accountant in Bankruptcy over the past ten years.
Year Annual Cost of employment of FTE frontline staff (£) 2009/10 No information Held 2010/11 31,218.08 2011/12 55,154.40 2012/13 49,520.80 2013/14 73,239.39 2014/15 79,211.77 2015/16 82,037.03 2016/17 89,803.61 2017/18 92,930.47 2018/19 82,941.11 2019/20 70,900.23
2. There have been no FTE frontline communications staff/press officers outsourced in the years 2009/10 - 2019/20. 2b. As there has been no outsourced staff between the years 2009/10 - 2019/20, the amount spent is nil. About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.
Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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