FOI/202100143597 · FOI · unclear
Expenditure of Education Scotland frontline employees: 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
Education Scotland was established on 1 July 2011, therefore we are unable to provide data from before this date. Staff costs Total costs for communications/press staff are shown in the table below.
Year Total 2011-12 £43,668.74 2012-13 £49,423.68 2013-14 £108,180.75 2014-15 £136,175.13 2015-16 £61,564.13 2016-17 £75,354.28 2017-18 £111,171.16 2018-19 £133,886.18 2019-20 £82,996.99
Communications/press staff
Year No. Role 2011-12 Two Head of Comms (20%) and a contracted Press Officer* 2012-13 Two Head of Comms (20%) and a contracted Press Officer* 2013-14 Two Head of Comms (20%) and a contracted Press Officer* until a Temp Comms Manager (started in April 2013) 2014-15 Three Head of Comms (20%), Temp Comms Manager (until March 2015) and Temp Media Officer (started June 2014) 2015-16 Three Head of Comms (20%), Comms Manager (75%) (started November 2015) and Temp Media Officer (left April 2016) 2016-17 Three Head of Comms (20%), Comms Manager (75%) and Senior Comms Officer (20%) (started August 2016) 2017-18 Four Head of Comms (60%), Media Officer (100%), Comms Officer X 2 (Both 20%) 2018-19 Four Head of Comms (60%) (Post covered by agency staff while Head of Comms was on maternity leave), Media Officer (100%), Comms Officer X 2 (Both 20%). 2019-20 Four Head of Comms (60%), Media Officer (100%) (started September 2019), Comms Officer X 2 (Both 20%) January 2021 Four Head of Comms (60%), Media Officer (100%) Comms Officer X 2 (Both 20%)
*The contracted Press Officer was on a call off procurement contact therefore unable to provide a FTE. The above costs have been pro-rated based on the approximate time spent by each member of staff. 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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