Ref No.: 03 25
Request Type: FOI
Date Received: 07/02/25
Date Responded: 25/02/25
Category: Workplace Data
Request
1) What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation's activities?
2) How many workers are directly employed by your organisation?
3) How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary?
4) In which region is your workplace located?
5) Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them.
6) What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect?
7) what date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin?
8) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee?
9) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase?
10) What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees?
11) Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer?
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.
We have been unable to provide responses to questions 8, 9 and 10 as we believe the information is exempt under 38(1)(b) which allows for when information constitutes personal data and to disclose would breach one or more of the data protection principles. However, I hope that you might find the following information useful instead:
- In 2024-25, the lowest band salary scale starts at £23,049.
- All pay increases in 2024-25 were in line with the Scottish Governments Pay Policy: Scottish Government Public Sector Pay Policy 2024-25 (see the section on “multi-year pay policy framework”)
- There is also useful information available in our annual report: 4.1 Annual accounts 2021-22, particularly the fair pay disclosure in the Remuneration and Staff report (section 2.2, p38)
We therefore disclose the following information to you in response to your request:
Ref |
Question |
Answer |
| 1 | What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation's activities? | As WICS is not a registered company (it is a non-departmental public body), it does not have a SIC code. |
| 2 | How many workers are directly employed by your organisation? | 22 |
| 3 | How would you classify your organisation: private, public or voluntary? | Public |
| 4 | In which region is your workplace located? | Central Scotland |
| 5 | Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them. | No |
| 6 | What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect? | 01/04/2024 |
| 7 | What date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin? | 01/04/2025 |
| 8 | In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee? | Withheld under section 38(1)(b) |
| 9 | In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase? | Withheld under section 38(1)(b) |
| 10 | What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees? | Withheld under section 38(1)(b) |
| 11 | Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer? | Yes |
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