FOI Request - Remuneration

Request 101002630447

Please provide the following information regarding remuneration for employees broken down by each of the 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years:

For each financial year please tell me:
1. How many employees did the council have?
2. How many employees did the council have who received numeration in each the following bands:*
o £50,000 - £74,999
o £75,000 - £99,999
o £100,000 +
*In the case of 2020/21, please tell me how many employees were on pay/ salary bands which, provided they worked the full year, would place them in one of the listed bands.
3. For each of those earning £75,000 or more, please provide their full remuneration for each year, name (where applicable) and job title.

Response 08-12-2020

1. 

Number of employees as at 17/12/2018 5838
Number of employees as at 01/12/2019 5831
Number of employees as at 30/11/2020 5760

2. 

2018 and 2019 - The requested information is published within the Remuneration section of the Council's Annual Accounts and is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 'information otherwise accessible'. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here.

2020 – as at 30/11/20
Band                              Number of employees
£50,000 - £74,999                          222
£75,000 - £99,999                            17
£100,000 +                                      1

3. The requested information is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 'personal information' with the exception of senior management whose remuneration is published with the Annual Accounts and is therefore exempt under section 25 of the same Act (please use the link provided in response to question 2). 

In order to be helpful, however, we can provide the list of job titles falling within each pay band: