FOI23/24 156 Salary Rewards and Expenses for Directors 2019-2024
FOI reference: 23/24 156
Date received: 26/02/2024
Date responded: 18/03/2024
Information requested
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information act I am writing to you seeking the following information:-
Details of the salary and rewards package paid to the Chief Executive and Directors of your organisation?
Details of the amount paid to each in expenses over each of the last 5 years - please what these were paid for.
Details of the amount collectively paid in by your organisation to the pension pots of these senior officers in each of the last five years.
The pay ratio of the highest paid employee to the lowest paid employee of your organisation
Please note, I am not asking for the names of individuals but would appreciate all data provided by designation.
Response
1 Details of the salary and rewards package paid to the Chief Executive and Directors of your organisation?
Under section 25, when an authority considers the information requested is otherwise accessible, it is not obliged to provide that information, but instead should provide the details on how to access the information.
Information relating to the salary and rewards provided to the Chief Executive and Directors is contained within the SQA Annual Report and Accounts which is available to view on our website using the following link:
SQA Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23
The information is contained within pages 66 to 68.
The rewards package relates to holiday, inclusion in the pension scheme and death in service benefit.
2 Details of the amount paid to each in expenses over each of the last 5 years - please what these were paid for.
Information on the expenses paid to each of the current Directors is contained within the attached spreadsheet.
3 Details of the amount collectively paid in by your organisation to the pension pots of these senior officers in each of the last five years.
Under section 25, when an authority considers the information requested is otherwise accessible, it is not obliged to provide that information, but instead should provide the details on how to access the information.
Information relating to the salary and rewards provided to the Chief Executive and Directors is contained within the SQA Annual Report and Accounts which is available to view on our website using the following link:
SQA Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23 pages 66-68
sqa-audited-annual-report-and-accounts-21-22.pdf pages 66-69
Annual Report and Accounts 2020–21 (sqa.org.uk) pages 69-70
2019-20-annual-report-accounts.pdf (sqa.org.uk) pages 64-66
Annual_Report_and_Accounts2018-19.pdf (sqa.org.uk) pages 62-63
4 The pay ratio of the highest paid employee to the lowest paid employee of your organisation
Under section 25, when an authority considers the information requested is otherwise accessible, it is not obliged to provide that information, but instead should provide the details on how to access the information.
Information relating to the salary and rewards provided to the Chief Executive and Directors is contained within the SQA Annual Report and Accounts which is available to view on our website using the following link:
SQA Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23
The pay ratio can be located on page 66.