FOI Release: Staff given to work outside the UK from 2021 to 2024

Published: 20 January 2025
Freedom of information class: How we manage our resources

Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).


FOI reference: CW-2025-010
Date received: 07 January 2025

Date clarified: 07 January 2025
Date responded: 20 January 2025

Information requested:

Staff being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom.

By United Kingdom, I refer to Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, not including the crown dependencies.

Please include the following information for the following financial years, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:

  • The number of employees currently with permission to work outside of the United Kingdom
  • The number of employees who were given permission to work outside of the United Kingdom in the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 financial years
  • If possible, for each employee given permission, please provide their pay band, and the country which they were provided permission to work from

Response:

RoS’s Acceptable Use of Assets Policy states that:

‘Individuals must not attempt to access the RoS network from out-with the UK, or take RoS-owned IT equipment outside of the UK. Any attempt to access RoS resources from outside the UK, using a RoS device or otherwise, are automatically blocked, and trigger security incidents which are fully investigated. Where exceptional circumstances require it, requests for such access or use can be pre-approved by a director and must trigger a relevant service request to enable access.’

There are currently 0 employees with permission to work outside of the United Kingdom.

The table below provides the information requested for exceptions granted within the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years:

Financial year Pay bandCountryDurationDates Reason for exception requestTotal number of staff given permission to work abroad in each financial year
2021/22 C2 Republic of Ireland 3 days 28/07/2021 to 30/07/2021 Personal circumstances 1
2022/23 BD1 Malta 4 days 19/03/2023 to 22/03/2023 Conference  attendance 1
2023/24 Contingent worker Republic of Ireland 9 weeks 26/02/2024 to 30/04/2024 Enable new start to work while relocating to the UK 2
2023/24 SCS2 (Director) Republic of Ireland 4 days 03/12/2024 to 06/12/2024 Meeting attendance

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