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FOI/202400445573 · FOI · unclear

Unique Scottish Government employees since 2015: FOI release

Published
2025-01-29
Received
2024-12-18
Responded
2025-01-20
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

The total number of unique* employees the Scottish Government has had since 2015, cumulatively for each year from 2015 to present.

*By ‘unique’ - you specified a person who is not another person, regardless of job or name history.

Response

The answer to your question is provided in the table below. The Information has been collated from the quarterly snapshots of human resources management information which are used to produce the Scottish Government Workforce Information Statistics available here Scottish Government workforce information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

Unique Scottish Government employees since 01 January 2015 2015 5876 2015 to 2016 6394 2015 to 2017 7162 2015 to 2018 8346 2015 to 2019 9497 2015 to 2020 10305 2015 to 2021 11965 2015 to 2022 13221 2015 to 2023 13810 2015 to End September 2024 14392

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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