Request about various information for FSS employees that have been suspended since 2020-21 including the current year (2025-2026)

Your request was about the following information:

Q1. In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many employees at this public body have been suspended with full pay? Where an employee’s suspension covers multiple financial years, please only include the year where they were initially suspended. 

Q2. In relation to Q1, what is the respective salary of these employees? 

Q3. Please provide as much detail as possible on why these employees were suspended. E.g. Disciplinary issues, poor quality of work etc.

A1. & A2. Please find the information you requested in the attached table. The figures have been broken down by year and the salaries provided were the annual salaries at the date of suspension.

A3. Section 38(1)(b) (Personal information) FOISA applies to the content of this data, as providing reasoning for suspension may reveal personal information; low numbers may make individuals easily identifiable.