Information relating to staff training costs: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
FOI Reference: FOI/202200326772
Date received: 25 October 2022
Date responded: 11 November 2022
Information requested
A breakdown of staff training costs in each financial year since the creation of Social Security Scotland.
Response
Under Section 25 of FOISA we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. The information requested is published in our Annual Report each year:
2018-19:
2019-20:
https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/reporting/publications/annual-report-and-accounts
2020-21:
https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/reporting/publications/annual-report-2020-2021
2021-22:
https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/reporting/publications/annual-report-2021-2022
The information requested sits within the table labelled “Other administration costs” within the Financial Statements section of each report.
For the current financial year 2022-23, we have spent £0.2 million on training from 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2022. Please note the figures from 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2022 are unaudited and are therefore subject to change, and the total figure for the financial year 2022-23 will change as more information becomes available.
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