FOI Req: Number of Teaching Assistants

Request 101003246808

1. Please could you tell me how many teaching assistants you have employed for the last ten years. Please provide this as a total number for each financial year beginning in 2013-14 to present. 

2.Could you also provide the total cost each year for the salaries of that group of employees.

Response 13-03-2023

1. No of Teaching Assistants:
2017 670
2018 741
2019 695
2020 665
2021 620
2022 701
2023 693

We were unable to provide information between 2013 and 2016. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

2. Not held . Accountancy have advised they are unable to breakdown the costs for this group of staff. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.