FOI 26-416 Technician Training
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 26-416 Technician Training
- Request Date
- 14 Sep 2026
- Response Date
- 09 Oct 2026
- Information Requested
Please provide the number of Ambulance Technicians who commenced SAS Technician training in each year from 2010 to the most recent year for which figures are available.
Where held, please provide these figures broken down by North, East and West Regions.
For the current 2026/27 financial year, please also provide:
- The number of Ambulance Technician training places requested or planned for each of North, East and West Regions.
- The number of Ambulance Technician training places approved or commissioned for each Region.
- The number who have commenced, or are currently scheduled to commence, Technician training in each Region.
If the figures are recorded by course or training cohort rather than financial or calendar year, I would be happy to receive the information in the format in which it is held.
- Response
Please provide the number of Ambulance Technicians who commenced SAS Technician training in each year from 2010 to the most recent year for which figures are available. Where held, please provide these figures broken down by North, East and West Regions.
The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold information dating back to 2010. In 2016, the Service introduced a major revision to the Ambulance Technician training programme and qualification in Scotland, moving from the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) CertHE Technician programme to the FutureQuals Ambulance Technician programme. Records are only available from this point onwards.
Information on the number of individuals commencing Ambulance Technician training is available from 2016. A regional breakdown is not held for the period 2016 to 2021. In accordance with section 17(1) of FOISA, the Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold the regional breakdown requested for those years.
The information held is provided below by calendar year:
EAST
NORTH
WEST
Total
2016
290
2017
407
2018
250
2019
191
2020
217
2021
395
2022
91
71
139
331
2023
21
29
39
89
2024
*
28
*
42
2025
*
*
11
2026
*
18
*
25
"*" denotes a suppressed value. Small numbers have been withheld under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA to protect personal data. Secondary suppression has also been applied in some instances to prevent suppressed values from being derived from other figures presented in the table.
For the current 2026/27 financial year, please also provide: The number of Ambulance Technician training places requested or planned for each of North, East and West Regions. The number of Ambulance Technician training places approved or commissioned for each Region. The number who have commenced, or are currently scheduled to commence, Technician training in each Region.
Please see the table below with the information requested
Region
Places Requested / Planned
Places Approved / Commissioned
Commenced / Scheduled to Commence
North
18
14
*
East
0
0
0
West
*
*
*
Total
20
22
27
Some figures have been suppressed and are shown as "*". The numbers involved are very small and disclosure of the exact figures could lead, either directly or in combination with other information reasonably available, to the identification of individual members of staff. The suppressed information has therefore been withheld under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 as personal data. Secondary suppression has been applied where necessary to prevent suppressed values from being derived from the totals provided.
The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold a single report recording all Technician training activity by financial year. The information above has been extracted from records held by the Education, Professional Development and Practice Department and is provided in the format in which it is held.
