FOI 26-020 Armed Forces Staff
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 26-020 Armed Forces Staff
- Request Date
- 08 Jan 2026
- Response Date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Information Requested
- The number of staff currently recorded by the organisation as belonging to the Armed Forces Community. This includes reservists, veterans, service leavers, cadet force adult volunteers, and staff who have identified as spouses or dependants of serving personnel.
2. The number of staff who have registered with the organisation's Armed Forces Community contact in each of the last threefinancial years.
3. Any monitoring information, summaries or internal documents produced in the last three financial years that record uptake of Armed Forces related support within the organisation. This includes reservist training leave, Armed Forces related flexible working, or any other support schemes aimed at the Armed Forces Community.
- The number of staff currently recorded by the organisation as belonging to the Armed Forces Community. This includes reservists, veterans, service leavers, cadet force adult volunteers, and staff who have identified as spouses or dependants of serving personnel.
- Response
The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold a record of staff who identify as belonging to the Armed Forces Community. This includes categories such as reservists, veterans, service leavers, cadet force adult volunteers, or staff who have identified as spouses or dependants of serving personnel.
It is for this reason we have applied section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information not held.
To help explain the application of this exemption. The Scottish Ambulance Service does have an Armed Forces Network, this may include staff who are veterans, service leaders, cadet force adult volunteers or spouses or dependants of serving personnel; however, this network can also include supporters of the Armed Forces who have no direct link to the Armed Forces. SAS do not ask staff registered in the Network to disclose their reasoning for joining.
The only record SAS have is the Service absence hours with the absence reason of ‘Reservist Leave’; the table below provides the distinct headcount and the total absence hours for each year request. Please note this is held and has been provided in calendar years from 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 inclusive.
Row Labels
Distinct Staff Count
Absence Hrs
2022
45
3300.60
2023
38
2719.69
2024
51
4800.11
2025
32
2156.15
Grand Total
166
12976.5
