Dear [redacted infromation]
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)
Thank you for your request dated 13/11/2025 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Your request
Your request asked for the following:
- In each year since 2020-21, including the current year to date, how many employees at this public body have been suspended with full pay? Where an employee’s suspension covers multiple financial years, please only include the year where they were initially suspended.
- In relation to Q1, what is the respective salary of these employees?
- Please provide as much detail as possible on why these employees were suspended. E.g. Disciplinary issues, poor quality of work etc.
Our response
In each year since 2020-2021, including the current year to date, we have had zero employees who have been suspended with full pay.
As our response to Question 1 is a nil return, we do not have any data to provide for Questions 2 or 3.
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