Freedom of Information Request - staff training
Date: 17 February 2025
Our ref: SIR178714/A4998891
Information Request – staff training
Your Request
- How much did your organisation spend on staff training over each of the last three years (2022, 2023 and 2024)?
- Please breakdown this staff training by category e.g. leadership, health and safety, digital etc.
- Please breakdown this staff training by provider category e.g. private training provider, college, university etc.
Our Response
Following a search of the information we hold our response is below.
Q - How much did your organisation spend on staff training over each of the last three years (2022, 2023 and 2024)?
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| £161,572.91 | £138,656.53 | £270,434.13 |
Q - Please breakdown this staff training by category e.g. leadership, health and safety, digital etc.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the information in a way that allows us to readily provide this. This means that EIRs Regulation 10(4)(a) (Information not held) applies to your request for the information.
Q - Please breakdown this staff training by provider category e.g. private training provider, college, university etc.
We have used various providers. Public sector includes training run by our own employees.
| College | Private | Public sector | University | Grand Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count of Provider category | 9 | 110 | 19 | 9 | 147 |
The course providers data covers these financial years: 2021 to 2022, 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to January 2025.
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
