Breakdown of the Number of FSS Employees Grouped by Salary Bands, Number of FSS Employees Whose Annual Salary is £50,000 or Higher, £80,000 or Higher and £100,000 or higher

Your request was about the following information:

‘I am writing to request the following information under Freedom of Information legislation:

Q1. A breakdown of the number of Food Standards Scotland employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.).

Q2. The number of Food Standards Scotland employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.

Q3. The number of Food Standards Scotland employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.

Q4. The number of Food Standards Scotland employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

We then asked you to clarify the below points:

• Can you please clarify for which financial years your request is for?

• Can you please clarify what is the period this information is requested for?

• In Food Standards Scotland (FSS) we operate within Scottish Government (SG) salary bands. Could you please clarify for which salary bands your request is for?

You replied:

I am happy to clarify. I am requesting this information for the Financial Year 2023/24, and for the salaries paid in this period. Regarding the salary bands, I am asking for the number of employees paid in salary bands of £5000 increments, starting at £50,000 (i.e. £50,000-£55,000, £55,001- £60,000, £60,001-£65,000, etc.).

Please find in the attached table the information you requested.