FOI/202400443957 · FOI · unclear
Scottish Government roles with blank job titles: FOI release
Information requested
By financial year, from 2015 to present:
1. (Question 1) Total expense by the Scottish Government on employing people whose recorded job title field is blank (A recent FOI response from you listed this as ‘Job Title Field Blank’)
Please break this down by:
a. Wage bill b. Employer taxes c. Pension contributions d. Severance/voluntary redundancy payments e. Perks f. Other (if applicable. Please break this down further by any significant sub-categories if these are stored).
2. (Question 2) Average wage of Scottish Government-employed people with a blank job title field on record, both actual and full time equivalent.
Response
In relation to both questions, Scottish Government only holds information on job titles from the 2017-2018 Financial Year onwards. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
Information relates to Scottish Government Core Directorates only.
Question 1
The below table sets out the total expense of employees with a blank job title, as per the response to FOI/ 202400439553. We have interpreted 'perks' as employee recognition reward mechanisms, which are commonly understood to be employee 'perks'.
The table is broken down by wage costs, employer national insurance contributions, and pension contributions. The cost of severance/ voluntary redundancy payments, and other 'perks', was nil.
Employment cost by £ 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 April 2024 to September 2024 Wage Costs 4,543,378 3,839,367 2,878,542 2,253,409 1,780,565 1,712,857 668,056 325,291 Employer National Insurance 481,798 411,016 310,698 247,804 199,733 202,603 73,638 37,359 Pension Contributions 937,494 801,942 772,937 614,072 498,185 463,111 176,012 89,604 Total Expense 5,962,669 5,052,326 3,962,177 3,115,284 2,478,484 2,378,571 917,706 452,254
Question 2
The table below sets out the average wage of Scottish Government employed people with a blank job title (both actual and FTE), for the same period. Please note that salary information provided reflects substantive salaries, which is then multiplied by FTE to get the actual salary. Staff identified are based on the data as at 31 March at the end of the financial year, and salaries are as at 31 March (or 30 September for the 2024-2025 Financial Year).
Total staff as at end of financial year 135 103 72 52 40 36 15 12 Mean Actual Salary (£) 32,711 37,129 38,209 41,497 44,114 46,347 42,064 50,971 Mean Salary FTE (£) 35,210 39,864 41,242 43,901 47,293 50,751 49,072 59,325
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Detected exemption language
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
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