FOI/202400439535 · FOI · unclear
Information and costs on press/communications/media officers employed over the last five financial years: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for the following information from Education Scotland:
Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I am requesting the following information:
The total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) press and/or communications and/or media officers employed over the last five financial years (broken down by year).
The total cost (including salaries, benefits, and other associated costs) of employing these press and/or communications and/or media officers over the last five financial years (broken down by year).
If possible, can I please have the information provided in a table like the following – with your organisation’s name in the first section (where I am using the Scottish Government as an example), following the information I have asked for:
Response
Please see the tables below outlining the information you have requested. Please note that 2024-25 figures include forecast spend Oct 24 - Mar 25 of £212,611.04.
Organisation 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 Number cost Number cost Number cost Education Scotland 5.79 £261,804.80 5.68 £261,737.91 6.79 £347,567.33
Organisation 2023-24 2024-25 Number cost Number cost Education Scotland 6.8 £413,636.23 5.8 £419,451.32
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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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