FOI - Staff costs

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Ref No.: 04 23

Request Type: FOI

Date Received: 24/07/23

Date Responded: 24/07/23

Category:  Staff costs

Request

I am requesting the following information under freedom of information legislation. 

  1. The total financial costs of overtime in the financial year 2022–23? 
  2. The total financial costs to recruit staff as a result of resignation and dismissal in the financial year 2022-2023
  3. The total financial costs spent on recruitment agencies currently being used for the supply of agency staff in the financial year 2022–23?  
  4. The total financial costs spent on redundancy payments in the financial year 2022–23?

Response

We have handled your request in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).  FOISA provides for a right of access to recorded information held by Scottish public authorities.

The information you have requested is disclosed as follows:

Question Response
The total financial costs of overtime in the financial year 2022–23?  £nil.
The total financial costs to recruit staff as a result of resignation and dismissal in the financial year 2022-2023  £nil.
The total financial costs spent on recruitment agencies currently being used for the supply of agency staff in the financial year 2022–23? For the financial year, the recruitment costs paid to a recruitment agency in relation to the supply of agency staff was £27,545. This includes both the fee to the agency and the cost of the staff member. WICS has not used agency staff since 2 October 2022. 
The total financial costs spent on redundancy payments in the financial year 2022–23?  £nil.

 

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