Scottish Government FOI releases

Meetings with First Minister and former First Minister not relating to allegations since January 2018: FOI Release

Internal harrassment/bullying claims lodged in the last 5 years: FOI release

Contractual sick pay scheme and sick pay entitlements: FOI release

Salaries paid to Ken Thomson and Murray Sinclair: FOI release

Recruitment campaign for government lawyers: FOI release

Following information regarding the 2017 and 2018 recruitment campaign for government lawyers: 1. The number of applicants 2. The number of applicants invited to interview 3. The pass mark to be successful 4. The number of applicants offered a vacancy after interview 5. The number of applicants placed on the reser...

Settlement agreements with confidentiality or derogatory clause: FOI release

In relation to the Scottish Government as an employer: Q1) How many settlement agreements with employees have contained a confidentiality clause in the last five years? Q2) How many settlement agreements with employees have contained a derogatory statement clause in the last five years?

Employees identifying as severely/profoundly deaf: FOI release

How many people does the Scottish Government currently employ that were severely or profoundly deaf in both ears prior to appointment? This excludes people with age related hearing loss. How many people has the Scottish government employed in the last ten years that were severely or profoundly deaf in both ears prior ...

Scottish Executive's policy for job sharing: FOI release

Details of the Scottish Government job share policy including the reasons for and against a job share.

Special Adviser salary, costs and expenses 2014/15, 2017/18: FOI release

The current combined annual salary costs for Scottish Government special advisers; for the combined annual salary cost in November 2014 and for the total expenses bill associated with special advisers in 2014/15 and 2017/18

Public holidays in the Scottish Government: FOI release

How many public holiday days are given each year? Please indicate which dates they are and the reason they are a public holiday. Why do Scottish Government employees have extra public holidays, other than bank holidays? For example, May 25, 2018 has been given as a public holiday as well as the bank holiday of May 28, ...

Civil Service Terms of Employment: FOI release

A "true copy" of the terms and conditions of Employment for a Civil Servant. A "true copy" of the document signed by Civil Servants which binds them to the Official Secrets Act and the terms thereof.

Scottish Government core directorates: pay and staffing numbers: FOI release

Information on Scottish Government pay and staffing numbers: In each of the following years - 2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, and 2014/15 How many staff have been employed directly by the Scottish Government? What has been the total salary bill? How many were on pro rata salaries of more than £145,000? How many constituti...

Spending returns for People Directorate training session: FOI release

Spending returns for the Scottish Government record that the People Directorate of the Scottish Government paid for a training session provided by 'PR Academy', with the date noted as 15 January 2018. Please provide a list of the teams or directorates of the staff who attended this session: for example, if they were fr...

Staff Attitude Surveys for the last 10 years:FOI release

A copy of any Staff Attitude Surveys that the Scottish Government may have undertaken in the last ten years, together with a copy of any analysis that may have been commissioned or undertaken on such Surveys, any trends that may have perhaps been identified ,and any plans or targets for improvement?

Investors in People and Investors in Young People accreditations:FOI release

'You asked for us to confirm that the Scottish Government itself still holds crucial IIP accreditation, and for a copy of any IIP Assessor Reports that it may have received.'

Civil Service Management Code regarding whistleblowing: FOI release

In summary you asked if whistleblowing civil servants in Scotland are treated differently from their Ulster counterparts, or if evidence is treated differently by the Scottish Government, I think it's only fair that the Scottish Government be at least given the opportunity to make this clear.

Disabled Students Allowance (DSA): FOI release

Information requested for all rules and procedure/guidelines relating to DSA applications/awards/appeals/reviews.

Number of full-time staff by Directorate or Agency: FOI release

Information in follow up to FOI/18/00697 which asked for staffing numbers, broken down by local authority area for the period 2008 to 2017. Is the data for March 31, 2018, available yet? If so please can I have them in exactly the same format as per the original request.

Number of full-time staff by Directorate or Agency: FOI release

A list of the number of full-time equivalent staff working for the Scottish Government in the civil service (including core directorates, executive agencies, executive non-departmental public bodies, non-ministerial departments) for each local authority area in Scotland. I would like these figures broken down for:each...

Performance management policy: FOI release

Is there any record, in Scotland, of someone being sacked on the basis of a grossly inappropriate adverse performance appraisal report described as indefensible by its own author,especially a report showing heavy signs of tampering?

Internal complaints registered by civil servants: FOI release

Information requested about any internal complaints registered by civil servants on the Scottish Government's interpretation/use of FOI legislation, in particular complaints regarding special adviser or ministerial interference. You confirmed on the 12 February 2018 that this request should cover the last 6 months.

Employee savings scheme operated by Edenred: FOI release

Whether Scottish government staff benefit from access to the employee savings scheme operated by Edenred under the Scottish government Framework? If so, How much does it cost SG to provide access to the scheme for its employees on a total and per head basis?

Complaints about NICS Heads of Service: FOI release

Information about the involvement of the Scottish Government in helping the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), in relation to complaints about the Head of NICS. Your specific question was: "I write to ask please for information about the percentage of complaints about NICS Heads of Service that have, over the yea...

Gender, race, disability and equal pay statements: FOI release

You asked for a range of data on staff numbers in specific earnings brackets against a number of protected characteristics. The precise wording of the request has been included at Annex A.

Appointments to heads of Executive Agencies: FOI release

Over the latest 5 year period for which statistics are available, how many of the appointments to the head of national organisations made by the Scottish Government or Scottish Parliament have been in favour of women and how many have been in favour of men?