Question reference: S6W-13405
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 21 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 19 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are currently employed on a temporary or short-term basis at Social Security Scotland.
Answer
Social Security Scotland routinely releases information on workforce as part of the Workforce Information quarterly publications.
As published in the latest release, Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland – workforce information: September 2022 , Social Security Scotland had a headcount of 81 temporary workers who were directly employed in September 2022.
In September 2022, Social Security Scotland had a total of 313 contingent workers, of which 208 were Temporary Agency Workers and 105 were other contingent workers.