Question reference: S6W-23211
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 24 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are directly employed in the public sector to undertake peatland restoration work, broken down by public body employer.
Answer
The total number of FTE staff (rounded to the nearest whole number) employed in the public sector, within the Peatland Action programme, to undertake peatland restoration work – as of November 2023 – is as follows:
- NatureScot – 56
- Forestry and Land Scotland – 23
- Cairngorms National Park Authority – 8
- Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority – 5
- Scottish Water – 3
- Scottish Government – 4
Total – 9