Employees who have failed their probation and had their employment ended: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

FOI Reference: FOI/202500486207
Date received: 15 October 2025
Date responded: 30 October 2025


Information requested

Please provide the total number of former employees at your organisation who failed their probation and had their employment ended, broken down into a table to reflect every financial year since 2021-22.

Response

Please see below the total number of colleagues who have been dismissed during their probation period and therefore failed their probation. This has been broken down by each financial year.

2021-22

1

2022-23

13

2023-24

7

2024-25

5

2025-26 YTD

0


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