Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its staff receive a salary of over £100,000 per annum, broken down by department, and what the total cost is of those staff salaries.
As at 28 February 2022 a total of 32 staff earning over £100,000 per annum were employed in Core Scottish Government at a total salary cost of £3,680,537.
Directorate General | Number of Staff |
Strategy & External Affairs | 4 |
Communities | 2 |
Corporate | 6 |
Economy | 5 |
Education & Justice | 3 |
Health & Social Care | 5 |
Net Zero | 3 |
Scottish Exchequer | 2 |
Permanent Secretary | 2 |
In addition to the directly employed staff mentioned above, the Scottish Government also engages 6 individuals earning over £100,000 per annum on secondment, at a total cost of £781,184. These individuals remain employees of their parent organisations.
Directorate General | Number of Staff |
Health & Social Care | 5 |
Communities | 1 |