FOI/19/01458 · FOI · unclear
Tobacco Control Team staff information: FOI review
Information requested
Further to my emails of 28 June 2019 and 15 July 2019, I have now completed my review of our response to your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for the following information:
To request how many staff work in the Scottish Government on the:-
Tobacco Control Team in 2019? Tobacco control Team in 2012 to 2018? To request how many staff working in the Scottish Government Tobacco Team in 2019 earn more than £20,000 per annum? To request how many staff working in the Scottish Government Tobacco Team in 2012 to 2019 earn more than £20,000 per annum? To request how many staff working in the Scottish Government Tobacco Team in 2019 earn less than £20,000 per annum? To request how many staff working in the Scottish Government Tobacco Team in 2012 to 2019 earn less than £20,000 per annum?
Tobacco Team Salaries
To ask if any of the staff earning less than £20,000 per annum had their salaries reduced by £1,000 in the last two years? To ask if any of the staff earning more than £20,000 had their salaries increased by more than £5,000 in the last two years?
Response
I have concluded that the decision should be confirmed but further clarification should also be provided. The Scottish Government’s HR Business Partners and Corporate Analytical Services colleagues have been able to supply salary scale information for the team in question. They have confirmed that neither staff grades nor pay tables are considered sensitive. The Scottish Government publishes policy documents relating to public sector pay as a matter of course, including on staff pay remits. Further information is available at the following web address: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-pay/staff-pay-remits/.
There have been no reductions in the values of any of the pay steps; the only waysomeone would incur a reduction in salary is if they had changed their working pattern to reduce the hours they work, or if they were demoted. Salaries increase when the annual pay review is applied or by being promoted. No one has had their salary reduced by £1,000 or increased by £5,000 in the last two years.
Table 1. Grade structure of directly employed staff in the tobacco control team.
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 C2 B3 B3 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 B2 B2 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 A4 B1 B1 B1
Table 2. Salary range for directly employed staff for the relevant grades as at the 31st of March for each of the relevant years.
31st March Grade Min Max 2016 A4 19606 22034 2017 B1 23383 26448 2018 B1 23617 26713 2019 B1 24580 27515 2012 B2 25165 30267 2013 B2 25165 30267 2014 B2 25417 30570 2015 B2 25799 31029 2016 B2 27755 31340 2017 B2 27755 31811 2018 B2 28033 32130 2019 B2 28891 33094 2014 B3 32572 40575 2015 B3 32572 41184 2016 B3 34919 41596 2017 B3 34919 42220 2018 B3 35269 42643 2019 B3 36328 43923 2015 C1 44174 53918 2016 C1 46424 54458 2017 C1 46424 55275 2018 C1 46889 55828 2019 C1 46889 57503 2012 C2 52595 63743
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