Question reference: S6W-15034
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 14 February 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 March 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the full-time equivalent staffing levels were in Transport Scotland’s Ferries Unit in each year from 2012 to date.
Answer
Within Transport Scotland, we only have FTE records available from 2016, due to data retention policies. From 2016 to December 2022, Ferries existed as a team within the Aviation, Maritime, Freight and Canals (AMFC) Directorate. I have provided the FTE separately for both the Ferries team and the AMFC directorate as a whole. From December 2022, a new Ferries Directorate was formed, this FTE figure is shown below. All figures are as at March of each year.
FTE Figures | AMFC Directorate | Ferries Team within AMFC |
March 2016 | 34.6 | 17 |
March 2017 | 29.1 | 13.5 |
March 2018 | 30.5 | 15.5 |
March 2019 | 33.3 | 19.3 |
March 2020 | 38.4 | 23.6 |
March 2021 | 42.7 | 23.8 |
March 2022 | 48.5 | 30.6 |
N/A | Ferries Directorate | |
Currently | 41.7 |