Written Question · S5W-19595 · Session 5
How many Environmental Health Officers (EHO) are in post in each local authority area, also broken down by how many EHO vacancies each coun…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how many Environmental Health Officers (EHO) are in post in each local authority area, also broken down by how many EHO vacancies each council has.
The answer
I am informed by Food Standards Scotland that information on staff engaged in food law enforcement activity in the year 2017-18 was reported to them by local authorities.
Details of the reported numbers are as follows:
Local Authority
Number of Local Authority Environmental Health Officers and Food Safety Officers currently engaged in food law enforcement activity
Number of Local Authority Environmental Health Officers and Food Safety Officers reported to be required to fully manage all food law enforcement activity
Shortfall in Number of professional staff engaged in food law enforcement duties
Aberdeen City Council
13
14.5
1.5
Aberdeenshire Council
16.5
No data available
Angus Council
7.6
9
1.4
Argyll and Bute Council
8
9
1
City of Edinburgh Council
15.05
17.5
2.45
Clackmannanshire Council
4.4
4.4
0
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
2
2.4
0.4
Dumfries and Galloway Council
7.3
7.25
0
Dundee City Council
14.9
14.9
0
East Ayrshire Council
6
6
0
East Dunbartonshire Council
3.5
3.5
0
East Lothian Council
4.3
4.3
0
East Renfrewshire Council
6
6
0
Falkirk Council
5.8
8
2.2
Fife Council
14
14
0
Glasgow City Council
19
20
1
Highland Council
11
12
1
Inverclyde Council
2
2.8
0.8
Midlothian Council
3
3
0
Moray Council
10
10
0
North Ayrshire Council
8
8
0
North Lanarkshire Council
20
27
7
Orkney Islands Council
4
4
0
Perth and Kinross Council
6.5
7
0.5
Renfrewshire Council
7.5
7.5
0
Scottish Borders Council
5.5
5.5
0
Shetland Islands Council
2.75
2.75
0
South Ayrshire Council
8
8
0
South Lanarkshire Council
13
15
2
Stirling Council
8
8
0
West Dunbartonshire Council
3.65
3.65
0
West Lothian Council
6.3
7.2
0.9
Details of the reported numbers are as follows:
Local Authority
Number of Local Authority Environmental Health Officers and Food Safety Officers currently engaged in food law enforcement activity
Number of Local Authority Environmental Health Officers and Food Safety Officers reported to be required to fully manage all food law enforcement activity
Shortfall in Number of professional staff engaged in food law enforcement duties
Aberdeen City Council
13
14.5
1.5
Aberdeenshire Council
16.5
No data available
Angus Council
7.6
9
1.4
Argyll and Bute Council
8
9
1
City of Edinburgh Council
15.05
17.5
2.45
Clackmannanshire Council
4.4
4.4
0
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
2
2.4
0.4
Dumfries and Galloway Council
7.3
7.25
0
Dundee City Council
14.9
14.9
0
East Ayrshire Council
6
6
0
East Dunbartonshire Council
3.5
3.5
0
East Lothian Council
4.3
4.3
0
East Renfrewshire Council
6
6
0
Falkirk Council
5.8
8
2.2
Fife Council
14
14
0
Glasgow City Council
19
20
1
Highland Council
11
12
1
Inverclyde Council
2
2.8
0.8
Midlothian Council
3
3
0
Moray Council
10
10
0
North Ayrshire Council
8
8
0
North Lanarkshire Council
20
27
7
Orkney Islands Council
4
4
0
Perth and Kinross Council
6.5
7
0.5
Renfrewshire Council
7.5
7.5
0
Scottish Borders Council
5.5
5.5
0
Shetland Islands Council
2.75
2.75
0
South Ayrshire Council
8
8
0
South Lanarkshire Council
13
15
2
Stirling Council
8
8
0
West Dunbartonshire Council
3.65
3.65
0
West Lothian Council
6.3
7.2
0.9
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-19595 by reference.