Date received: 24 July 2023
Date responded: 21 August 2023
Information Requested:
Request: Staff Costs
1. The total financial costs of overtime in the financial year 2022–23?
2. The total financial costs to recruit staff as a result of resignation and dismissal in the financial year 2022-2023?
3. The total financial costs spent on recruitment agencies currently being used for the supply of agency staff in the financial year 2022–23?
4. The total financial costs spent on redundancy payments in the financial year 2022–23?
Redress Scotland’s Response:
1. The total financial costs of overtime in the financial year 2022–23? There have been no financial costs of overtime in the financial year 2022-23.
2. The total financial costs to recruit staff as a result of resignation and dismissal in the financial year 2022-2023? Identifiable costs to recruit staff as a result of resignation or dismissal consisted of costs to advertise for replacement, which came to a total of £347.50 for one role in the financial year 2022-2023.
The additional cost of staff time associated with this has not been recorded separately. As it would require detailed analysis to provide further information on the additional cost of these activities, we will not be able to answer this question further at this time.
Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act allows us to decline to answer FOI requests when we estimate it would cost us more than £450 (18 hours of work, calculated at £25 per hour as the legislation sets out), which this question would exceed. This is because information has not been recorded separately on additional staff costs around recruitment as a result of resignation and dismissal. The cost of this work would therefore exceed the limit detailed above.
You can find out more about Section 12 at the following link: Freedom of Information Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk)
3. The total financial costs spent on recruitment agencies currently being used for the supply of agency staff in the financial year 2022–23? There are no recruitment agencies currently being used, and therefore no associated costs.
4. The total financial costs spent on redundancy payments in the financial year 2022–23? There were no redundancy payments in the financial year 2022-23.