Dear [redacted]

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

Thank you for your request dated 10/11/2025 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). 

Your request 

Your request asked for the following:

1. In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many staff at this organisation have a home address based in England? 

2. Please break this down by pay banding If possible.

Our response

Please find our response below:

 

Staff Count

Band

2020-2021

0

N/A

2021-2022

0

N/A

2022-2023

0

N/A

2023-2024

1

B3

2024-2025

1

C1

2025-2026

1

C1

The staff member who has a home address based in England moved from Scotland with their partner who is in the Armed Forces. We supported this move as part of our alignment to the Armed Forces Covenant.  

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

Consumer Scotland

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