FOI Request - Staff Working from Home or Abroad

Request 101003477721

Please could you provide me with details for the last three years (2023/2022/2021) of how many full-time staff:

1. work from home/remotely in a hybrid form (i.e. dividing their time between office and remote/home working)?

2. work from home permanently (i.e. work from home for the majority of their contractual hours)?

3. have been granted permission to work from abroad firstly, permanently (i.e. work from abroad for the majority of their contractual hours) and secondly, in a hybrid form (i.e. dividing their time between office and remote/home working abroad)? Please list the countries where they work from. If possible - particularly if the above numbers are low - please specify what departments they work in.  

4. the council employed? In other words, what were the total numbers of all full-time staff employed by the council for 2023/2023 and 2021 (broken down per year)?

Response 20-02-2024

1. Not recorded. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

2. Not recorded. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

3. None

4. Full time Staff as at 31 March:
2021 – 2,167
2022 – 2,293
2023 – 2,314