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FOI release

Dismissals and resignations of SIA staff

Published 27 May 2026

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Request

  1. How many SIA staff have been dismissed from employment with the SIA in the last 5 years (date of request 11 January 2026)?  

  2. How many SIA regional investigators have left the SIA in the last 5 years?

  3. Of those dismissed and those who resigned how many were given cash lump sums at the time of them leaving the SIA or as part of a industrial tribunal settlement later in the last 5 years?

  4. How much money has the SIA spent in settlement payments to ex-employees in the last 5 years?

Response

The SIA holds the information you have requested.

Question 1

8 members of staff have been dismissed from their employment with the SIA in the last 5 years.

Question 2

20 SIA regional investigators have left the SIA in the last 5 years.

Question 3

Under 10 members of staff who were either dismissed or who resigned were given a cash lump sum in the last 5 years.

Question 4

We consider that this information is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as it relates to the personal data of identifiable individuals. Although the information requested may not directly name those individuals, disclosure would allow their identity to be determined by piecing together the requested information with other information already within the public domain or which is otherwise available to the requester.

Disclosure of this information would therefore constitute the disclosure of third-party personal data. We have considered whether disclosure would be lawful under Article 6 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are satisfied that no lawful basis for disclosure applies. The disclosure of this information would not be fair or transparent and would breach the data protection principles.

On this basis the information is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the FOIA. This exemption is absolute and we do not need to go on to consider the public interest test.

[Ref: FOI 0605]

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