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Scottish Governments Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals pension spend: FOI release

Published
2025-07-21
Received
2025-04-28
Responded
2025-05-13
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

How much money has been spent on pensions for the Scottish Governments Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals in each of the last 5 years with a breakdown of the costs?

Response

We have interpreted your request as relating to core Scottish Government, in line with the structuring of consolidated accounts and therefore the below table covers the costs and years for Scottish Government Core only:

2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Permanent Secretary £51,631.23 £ 51,823.32 £ 52,484.48 £ 55,371.15 £ 55,587.62 Director Generals £210,258.36 £252,963.27 £317,225.34 £346,527.92 £360,243.94

We are providing the information on a financial year basis which is consistent with our annual accounts publications.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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