Our Ref: IM-FOI-2016-O541 t?l?llg Date: 20 March 2017 2:21. POLICE SCOTLAND Keeping people safe FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 I refer to your recent request for information which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. For ease of reference, your request is replicated below together with the response. I wish to request a breakdown of administrative staff numbers on a year by year basis. Since Police Scotland '3 inception. Clarification I request a breakdown of all eg Admin. SOCO. Custody, Commissioner etc.etc. Breakdown on a year by year basis since Police Scotland inception today's. The data presented has been extracted from Police Scotland?s System to Co-ordination Personnel and Establishment (SCOPE) database. The Table provides police staff full time equivalent (FTE) and headcount at each financial year end since the commencement of Police Scotland. Figures as at 31/12/16 have also been provided, which is the nearest date of published data to requested date of 28 February 2017. The data presented includes staff who are employed by Police Scotland and Scottish Policing Authority. POLICE STAFF DATE Headcount 31 /03/1 4 5986.623 6501 31 /03/1 5 5542.040 5963 31 /03/1 6 5504.908 5895 31/12/16 5320.734 5699 *Full Time Equivalent By way of information Police Staff numbers are also published on the Scottish Police Authority website through Human Resources and Remuneration Committee Meetings and Board Meetings and can be accessed via the undernoted link:- Should you require any further assistance concerning this matter please contact Information Management Glasgow on 01786 895862 quoting the reference number given. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request has been dealt with, you are entitled in the first instance, and within 40 working days of receiving this response, to request a review of our actions and decisions. scotland.police.uk ?@PoliceScotland PoliceScotIand Should you wish to do so, please contact us at the following address, stating what has caused your dissatisfaction and what you require us to review: Information Management (Disclosure), Police Scotland, Clyde Gateway, 2 French Street, Dalmarnock, G40 4EH - foi@scotland.pnn.police.uk If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of that review, you are thereafter entitled to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months for a decision. You can raise an appeal using the online service at or by writing to Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, or via email at Should you wish to appeal against the Scottish Information Commissioner's decision, there is an appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law only. scotland.police.uk ?@PoliceScotland PoliceScotland