FOI/202500468255 · FOI · not held
Number of employees within Scottish Public Pensions Agency’s internal legal team: FOI release
Information requested
1) The number of FTE employees who work in Scottish Public Pensions Agency’s internal legal team, including all lawyers, solicitors, etc. in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25.
2) The total amount spent by Scottish Public Pensions Agency on internal legal services, including the salaries of employees in the legal team, expenses, etc. in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25.
3) The total amount spent by Scottish Public Pensions Agency on external legal services in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25.To clarify, I am seeking each of the three points of information for each of the three financial years so would be expecting nine distinct figures in the response, as per the following template:
FY 2022/23 FY 2023/24 FY 2024/25 No. of FTE internal legal team employees - - - Amount spent on internal legal services £- £- £- Amount spent on external legal services £- £- £-
Response
1) SPPA don’t have a legal team, we use the Scottish Government (SG) legal team for advice.
2) We don’t pay for the SG employment law service and the costs for SG as a whole are met centrally, therefore we do not hold this information.
3) Please see table below. The amounts have been extrapolated from the SPPA’s accounts.
FY 2022/23 FY 2023/24 FY 2024/25 No. of FTE internal legal team employees 0 0 0 Amount spent on internal legal services £- see note above £- see note above £- see note above Amount spent on external legal services £21,700.62 £23,338 £67,588.74
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