Dear [redacted]

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)

Thank you for your request dated 19/06/2025 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

Your request

Please find below the answers to the questions outlined in your request. 

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

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

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

For questions 1-3, information is available in our published Annual Report and Accounts:

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

The Annual Report and Accounts has not yet been published for 2024/2025. The most recent data we can provide is figures as at the 31st of March 2024. 

 

FTE number of staff

Over £50,000

11 headcount, 10.12 FTE

Over £80,000

4 headcount, 4.00 FTE

Over £100,000

0

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by writing to;

Sam Ghibaldan,

Chief Executive

Consumer Scotland

Thistle House,

91 Haymarket Terrace

Edinburgh,

EH12 5HD

Or by email to:  corporateservices@consumer.scot

Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 40 working days from the date when you received this letter.  We will complete the review in accordance with FOISA as soon as possible, and not later than 20 working days from the day following the date we receive your review request.  

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner.  More detailed information on your appeal rights is available on the Commissioner’s website at:

https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Unhappywiththeresponse/AppealingtoCommissioner.aspx

Yours sincerely

Sally Sandground

Data Protection Officer

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