FOI Request - Council Staff Redundancy

Request 101002877425

1.) How many staff has the council 'paid off' through either compulsory or voluntary redundancy?

2.) How much has the council paid to staff in pay offs either through  compulsory or voluntary redundancy?  

3.) Can these figures please be provided for years 2019/20 and 2020/21 (year to date for 2021 is fine).

Response 01-10-2021

For the period of 19/20, 20/21 and 21/22 an individual breakdown of the requested information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (personal information), due to the low numbers of individuals involved.

In order to be helpful we can advise that for the entire period from 2019 onwards a total of 6 members of Council staff have been paid off through either compulsory or voluntary redundancy at a total cost of £167, 675.