FOI/202600525615 · FOI · already published
Number of formal grievances submitted by Scottish government staff: FOI release
Information requested
Thank you for the information you provided in Case 202500462874 on 2 June 2025. Can you please provide me an update in the same format on how many formal grievances were submitted by staff in the core scottish government in the last 5 years?
Response
In your request, you asked for information about internal grievances made by members of staff. Our response therefore covers Scottish Government staff employed in the core directorates (see Annex A below). Please also refer to our updated response to your previous FOI request under reference FOI/202500467694, which was issued on 30 May 2025.
As mentioned previously, under the Scottish Government's grievance policy, line managers are expected to deal with concerns about complaints at an early stage and on an informal basis, where appropriate. There is no requirement to report informal complaints and action to HR and therefore this is formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold information about informal complaints or actions.
In relation to your request, as FOI/202500467694 provides formal grievances from 2021 – 27 May 2025, this a formal notice under Section 25(1) of FOISA to confirm that this information is already available on the Scottish Government Publications. From 28 May 2025 – 1 July 2026 (the date of your request), please find below a breakdown of the number of formal grievance cases broken down by month. I can confirm that all reported grievance cases were submitted within the specified period:
2025 2026 January N/A 0 February N/A 1 March N/A 2 April N/A 2 May 0 5 June 0 2 July 1 0 August 0 N/A September 2 N/A October 1 N/A November 1 N/A December 0 N/A Total 5 12
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Detected exemption language
There is no requirement to report informal complaints and action to HR and therefore this is formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold information about informal complaints or actions. In relation to your request, as FOI/202500467694 provides formal grievances from 2021 – 27 May 2025, this a formal notice under Section 25(1) of FOISA to confirm that this information is already available on the Scottish Government Publications.