Transport Scotland staff: FOI release

Information requested

Information on the following:

How many staff are currently employed at Transport Scotland and what is the increase/decrease on the previous year? Could you please provide figures for the total number of people employed at Transport Scotland during 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016?

Response

I have provided the following table that answers your questions:

At 31 March Permanent Consultant Other Contingent Workers TOTAL 2007 253 40 18 311 2008 278 79 55 412 2009 303 104 50 457 2010 324 110 51 485 2011 403 58 23 484 2012 382 49 18 449 2013 380 57 19 456 2014 401 60 34 495 2015 404 57 26 487 2016 389 42 23 454 2017 394 48 19 461

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