Request for Information on the Salary Levels of All Full Time A+DS Staff

S. Grimes

FOI Request No: 2011001

08/06/2011

Dear S. Grimes,

Request for information on the salary levels of all full time A+DS staff

Thank you for your request for information relating to the salary levels of all full time A+DS staff, which we received on 3 June 2011. Your request has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Role:

The roles of all staff can be found on the A+DS website which can be accessed via the following link-

Professional Status:

We are unable to provide this information as the release of such personal data breaches the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 38 (2) Personal Information and the data protection principles laid out in the Data Protection Act 1998.

Professional Qualifications (if applicable)

Current annual salary (including any bonus or other allowances)

As a non-departmental public body A+DS is obliged to report on our website the salary of any staff who earns more than £58,000 per year:

Jim MacDonald, Chief Executive Officer, £64,978

We are unable to provide this information for other staff as the release of such personal data breaches the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 38 (2) Personal Information and the data protection principles laid out in the Data Protection Act 1998.

Scottish Government Staff Salary Grade

Scottish Government Salary / Scale / No of relevant full timestaff as of 01/08/2010
£60,000+ / SCS / 1
£43,736 - £52,595 / C1 / 3
£32,249 - £40,173 / B3 / 8
£25,165 - £30,267 / B2 / 1
£22,173 - £25,165 / B1 / 8
£17,632 - £20,405 / A4 / 2
£15,792 - £17,632 / A3 / 1

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request for information, you can ask us to review our decision and actions. Please find below Annex A, which explains how we handle FOI reviews.

Yours sincerely

Tony Reilly

Programme Officer

Architecture+Design Scotland

Annex A

Requests made under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Review

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request for information, you can ask us to review our decision and actions. You must do this in writing (or other permanent form) within 40 working days of the date of this letter, stating the reasons for your dissatisfaction, and we will respond within 20 working days of receipt. A request for a review should be made, in this instance, to the Chief Executive, Jim MacDonald:

Jim MacDonald

Chief Executive

Architecture and Design Scotland

Bakehouse Close

146 Canongate

Edinburgh

EH8 8DD

T: 0845 1 800 642

F: 0845 1 800 643

E: @ads.org.uk

Application to the Scottish Information Commissioner

If, on the outcome of any review, you are still dissatisfied, or if we are unable to resolve any other complaint, then you can contact the Scottish Information Commissioner:

The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

St. Andrews

Fife

KY16 9DS

T: 01334 464 610

F: 01334 464 611

A decision on by the Scottish Information Commissioner may be appealed, on a point of law, to the Court of Session.