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FSS’s Total Operational Budget, Headcount, FTE Number Employed by FSS in 2022/23,2023/24,2024/25 and FTE Number of Staff in 2024/25 Earning Salaries over £50,000, £80,000 and £100,00

Date published: 17 July 2025

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

Q1. The total operational budget of Food Standards Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25.

Q2. The total headcount of Food Standards Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25.

Q3. The total FTE number of staff employed by Food Standards Scotland in the Financial Years a) 2022/23, b) 2023/24, and c) 2024/25.

Q4. The FTE number of staff in the Financial Year 2024/25 earning salaries over a) £50,000, b) £80,000 and c) £100,000.

For questions 1-3, a template for the response would be the following:

	Total operational budget	Total headcount	FTE number of staff
2022/23	-	-	-
2023/24	-	-	-
2024/25	-	-	-

And for question 4, a template would be:

	FTE number of staff
Over £50,000	-
Over £80,000	-
Over £100,000	-

Response

Please find in the below table the information for Q1, Q2, and Q3:

	Total operational budget	Total headcount	FTE number of staff
2022/23	£ 22.61m	-	-
2023/24	£ 22.7 m	-	-
2024/25	£ 23.2 m	-	-

	Total operational budget	Total headcount	FTE number of staff
2022/23	Under section 25(1) (information otherwise accessible) of FOISA, we do not have to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Please use this link for the information you have requested: Written question and answer: S6W-37422 \| Scottish Parliament Website	307	Under section 25(1) (information otherwise accessible) of FOISA, we do not have to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Please use this link for the information you have requested: Written question and answer: S6W-37420 \| Scottish Parliament Website
2023/24	Under section 25(1) (information otherwise accessible) of FOISA, we do not have to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Please use this link for the information you have requested: Written question and answer: S6W-37422 \| Scottish Parliament Website	302	Under section 25(1) (information otherwise accessible) of FOISA, we do not have to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Please use this link for the information you have requested: Written question and answer: S6W-37420 \| Scottish Parliament Website
2024/25	Under section 25(1) (information otherwise accessible) of FOISA, we do not have to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Please use this link for the information you have requested: Written question and answer: S6W-37422 \| Scottish Parliament Website	297	Under section 25(1) (information otherwise accessible) of FOISA, we do not have to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Please use this link for the information you have requested: Written question and answer: S6W-37420 \| Scottish Parliament Website

Q4.

	FTE number of staff
Over £50,000	67.3
Over £80,000	9.0
Over £100,000	1.0

Please find links to our Annual Report and Accounts for periods 2022/23 and 2023/24 where you can find a wider overview of Food Standards Scotland's financial information.

Accounts_22-23_FSS.pdf (Page 95)

Accounts _23_24_FSS.pdf (Page 78)

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