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Publication - Progress report

Equality outcomes and mainstreaming report 2019

Published
30 April 2019
Part of
Communities and third sector, Equality and rights
ISBN
9781787817951

Provides an update on progress made in promoting equality across activities and in delivering on a range of equality outcomes set in 2017.

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Workforce composition by pay band

(part of Annex E)

Pay Band Composition by Age ('Prefer Not To Say' Responses Excluded)

16-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Total
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Band A 2013 411 21.7 419 22.2 443 23.4 472 25.0 146 7.7 1891 100
2014 450 23.1 420 21.5 414 21.2 510 26.2 155 8.0 1949 100
2015 501 26.4 405 21.3 363 19.1 479 25.2 153 8.0 1901 100
2016 500 27.1 379 20.5 327 17.7 475 25.7 164 8.9 1845 100
2017 504 29.3 320 18.6 282 16.4 428 24.9 184 10.7 1718 100
2018 572 32.1 311 17.4 285 16 418 23.4 198 11.1 1784 100
Band B 2013 393 10.8 1168 32.1 1128 31.0 824 22.6 131 3.6 3644 100
2014 407 10.5 1217 31.4 1165 30.1 921 23.8 166 4.3 3876 100
2015 386 9.8 1282 32.5 1175 29.8 930 23.6 176 4.5 3949 100
2016 401 9.7 1309 31.6 1190 28.7 1037 25.0 211 5.1 4148 100
2017 554 12.6 1331 30.3 1178 26.8 1114 25.3 223 5.1 4400 100
2018 772 15.4 1502 30.0 1247 24.9 1250 24.9 243 4.8 5014 100
Band C 2013 13 1.1 322 26.6 487 40.2 339 28.0 49 4.0 1210 100
2014 18 1.3 354 26.1 534 39.4 400 29.5 49 3.6 1355 100
2015 12 0.9 336 24.1 570 40.8 420 30.1 58 4.2 1396 100
2016 15 1.0 330 22.3 588 39.8 479 32.4 66 4.5 1478 100
2017 25 1.5 381 22.1 672 39.0 546 31.7 99 5.7 1723 100
2018 39 1.9 461 22.9 792 39.3 608 30.2 116 5.8 2016 100
Not assimilated 2013 25 9.3 56 20.8 61 22.7 87 32.3 40 14.9 269 100
2014 24 11.9 37 18.4 35 17.4 70 34.8 35 17.4 201 100
2015 54 14.4 62 16.5 94 25 118 31.4 48 12.8 376 100
2016 22 10.1 38 17.4 48 22.0 72 33.0 38 17.4 218 100
2017 18 8.4 49 22.8 44 20.5 69 32.1 35 16.3 215 100
2018 18 8.5 44 20.9 45 21.3 65 30.8 39 18.5 211 100
SCS 2013 0 0.0 10 5.7 75 43.1 78 44.8 11 6.3 174 100
2014 0 0.0 9 5.4 65 39.2 80 48.2 12 7.2 166 100
2015 0 0.0 8 5.3 56 36.8 77 50.7 11 7.2 152 100
2016 0 0.0 13 7.8 57 34.1 88 52.7 9 5.4 167 100
2017 0 0.0 17 9.6 60 33.9 88 49.7 12 6.8 177 100
2018 0 0.0 20 10.3 61 31.4 95 49.0 18 9.3 194 100

Pay Band Composition by Gender ('Prefer Not To Say' Responses Excluded)

Female Male Total
N % N % N %
Band A 2013 1103 58.3 788 41.7 1891 100
2014 1126 57.8 823 42.2 1949 100
2015 1095 57.6 806 42.4 1901 100
2016 1051 57.0 794 43.0 1845 100
2017 994 57.9 724 42.1 1718 100
2018 1019 57.1 765 42.9 1784 100
Band B 2013 1871 51.3 1773 48.7 3644 100
2014 1972 50.9 1904 49.1 3876 100
2015 2045 51.8 1904 48.2 3949 100
2016 2167 52.2 1981 47.8 4148 100
2017 2303 52.3 2096 47.6 4400 100
2018 2695 53.7 2318 46.2 5014 100
Band C 2013 601 49.7 609 50.3 1210 100
2014 693 51.1 662 48.9 1355 100
2015 725 51.9 671 48.1 1396 100
2016 771 52.2 707 47.8 1478 100
2017 920 53.4 803 46.6 1723 100
2018 1098 54.5 918 45.5 2016 100
Not assimilated 2013 39 14.5 230 85.5 269 100
2014 28 13.9 173 86.1 201 100
2015 100 26.6 276 73.4 376 100
2016 30 13.8 188 86.2 218 100
2017 26 12.1 189 87.9 215 100
2018 29 13.7 182 86.3 211 100
SCS 2013 64 36.8 110 63.2 174 100
2014 62 37.3 104 62.7 166 100
2015 59 38.8 93 61.2 152 100
2016 70 41.9 97 58.1 167 100
2017 74 41.8 103 58.2 177 100
2018 86 44.3 108 55.7 194 100

Pay Band Composition by Ethnicity

Minority ethnic White Prefer not to say Unknown Total
N % N % N % N % N %
Band A 2013 41 2.2 1295 68.5 23 1.2 532 28.1 1891 100
2014 41 2.1 1300 66.7 28 1.4 580 29.8 1949 100
2015 34 1.8 1234 64.9 24 1.3 609 32.0 1901 100
2016 31 1.7 1233 66.8 26 1.4 555 30.1 1845 100
2017 34 2.0 1157 67.3 28 1.6 499 29 1718 100
2018 43 2.4 1249 70.0 25 1.4 467 26.2 1784 100
Band B 2013 54 1.5 2886 79.2 55 1.5 649 17.8 3644 100
2014 59 1.5 3115 80.4 65 1.7 637 16.4 3876 100
2015 60 1.5 3236 81.9 72 1.8 581 14.7 3949 100
2016 74 1.8 3371 81.3 74 1.8 629 15.2 4148 100
2017 84 1.9 3691 83.9 88 2.0 537 12.2 4400 100
2018 109 2.2 4153 82.8 93 1.9 659 13.1 5014 100
Band C 2013 16 1.3 991 81.9 14 1.2 189 15.6 1210 100
2014 16 1.2 1122 82.8 19 1.4 198 14.6 1355 100
2015 17 1.2 1166 83.5 24 1.7 189 13.5 1396 100
2016 18 1.2 1264 85.5 30 2.0 166 11.2 1478 100
2017 26 1.5 1493 86.7 35 2.0 169 9.8 1723 100
2018 36 1.8 1727 85.7 38 1.9 215 10.7 2016 100
Not assimilated 2013 * * 135 50.2 * * 132 49.1 269 100
2014 * * 88 43.8 * * 112 55.7 201 100
2015 * * 114 30.3 * * 259 68.9 376 100
2016 * * 95 43.6 * * 121 55.5 218 100
2017 * * 98 45.6 * * 114 53.0 215 100
2018 * * 99 46.9 * * 109 51.7 211 100
SCS 2013 * * 142 81.7 * * 26 14.9 174 100
2014 * * 138 83.2 * * 22 13.2 166 100
2015 * * 127 83.7 * * 19 12.4 152 100
2016 * * 143 85.6 * * 16 9.6 167 100
2017 5 2.8 146 82.6 5 2.8 21 11.8 177 100
2018 5 2.6 158 81.5 6 3.1 25 12.8 194 100

Pay Band Composition by Sexual Orientation

LGBO Heterosexual/straight Prefer not to say Unknown Total
N % N % N % N % N %
Band A 2015 34 1.8 632 33.2 40 2.1 1195 62.9 1901 100
2016 42 2.3 705 38.2 40 2.2 1058 57.3 1845 100
2017 39 2.3 728 42.4 46 2.7 905 52.7 1718 100
2018 59 3.3 863 48.4 47 2.6 815 45.7 1784 100
Band B 2015 77 1.9 2044 51.8 125 3.2 1703 43.1 3949 100
2016 94 2.3 2362 56.9 153 3.7 1539 37.1 4148 100
2017 134 3.0 2776 63.1 185 4.2 1305 29.7 4400 100
2018 190 3.8 3328 66.4 202 4.0 1294 25.8 5014 100
Band C 2015 33 2.4 700 50.1 47 3.4 616 44.1 1396 100
2016 47 3.2 883 59.7 57 3.9 491 33.2 1478 100
2017 66 3.8 1126 65.4 71 4.1 460 26.7 1723 100
2018 78 3.9 1362 67.6 87 4.3 489 24.3 2016 100
Not assimilated 2015 * * 78 20.7 * * 294 78.2 376 100
2016 * * 67 30.7 * * 148 67.9 218 100
2017 * * 70 32.6 * * 142 66 215 100
2018 * * 77 36.5 * * 130 61.6 211 100
SCS 2015 * * 55 35.9 * * 91 60.1 153 100
2016 * * 106 63.5 * * 50 29.9 167 100
2017 * * 108 60.7 * * 56 32 178 100
2018 5 2.6 123 63.1 9 4.6 57 29.7 195 100

Pay Band Composition by Disability Status

Disabled Not disabled Prefer not to say Unknown Total
N % N % N % N % N %
Band A 2013 117 6.2 902 47.7 10 0.5 862 45.6 1891 100
2014 132 6.8 855 43.9 10 0.5 952 48.8 1949 100
2015 123 6.5 775 40.8 12 0.6 991 52.1 1901 100
2016 130 7.0 777 42.1 15 0.8 923 5.0 1845 100
2017 151 8.8 722 42.0 15 0.9 830 48.3 1718 100
2018 177 9.9 665 37.3 15 0.8 927 52.0 1784 100
Band B 2013 139 3.8 2143 58.8 21 0.6 1341 36.8 3644 100
2014 183 4.7 2138 55.2 29 0.7 1526 39.4 3876 100
2015 200 5.1 2127 53.9 36 0.9 1586 40.2 3949 100
2016 248 6.0 2164 52.2 47 1.1 1689 40.7 4148 100
2017 317 7.2 2321 52.8 63 1.4 1699 38.6 4400 100
2018 395 7.9 2485 49.6 72 1.4 2062 41.1 5014 100
Band C 2013 24 2.0 816 67.4 4 0.3 366 30.2 1210 100
2014 49 3.6 854 63.0 5 0.4 447 33.0 1355 100
2015 53 3.8 860 61.6 5 0.4 478 34.2 1396 100
2016 67 4.5 911 61.6 10 0.7 490 33.2 1478 100
2017 91 5.3 1041 60.4 18 1.0 573 33.3 1723 100
2018 118 5.9 1165 57.8 25 1.2 708 35.1 2016 100
Not assimilated 2013 5 1.9 96 35.7 0 0.0 168 62.5 269 100
2014 * * * 29.9 * * 138 68.7 201 100
2015 * * * 17.3 * * 308 81.9 376 100
2016 6 2.8 57 26.2 0 0.0 155 71.1 218 100
2017 * * 54 25.1 * * 158 73.5 215 100
2018 5 2.4 53 25.1 0 0.0 153 72.5 211 100
SCS 2013 * * 121 69.5 * * 49 28.2 174 100
2014 * * 114 68.7 * * 48 28.9 166 100
2015 * * 110 72.4 * * 38 25.0 152 100
2016 * * 127 76 * * 36 21.6 167 100
2017 * * 130 73.4 * * 44 24.9 177 100
2018 * * 144 74.2 * * 46 23.7 194 100

Pay Band Composition by Marital Status

Married/Civil Partnership Single Divorced Prefer not to say Unknown Total
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Band A 2013 617 32.6 447 23.6 60 3.2 140 7.4 627 33.2 1891 100
2014 592 30.4 438 22.5 61 3.1 142 7.3 716 36.7 1949 100
2015 537 28.2 387 20.4 59 3.1 115 6.0 803 42.2 1901 100
2016 521 28.2 359 19.5 63 3.4 112 6.1 790 42.8 1845 100
2017 467 27.2 319 18.6 59 3.4 101 5.9 772 44.9 1718 100
2018 438 24.6 301 16.9 58 3.3 76 4.3 911 51.1 1784 100
Band B 2013 1689 46.4 622 17.1 112 3.1 187 5.1 1034 28.4 3644 100
2014 1778 45.9 625 16.1 127 3.3 184 4.7 1162 30.0 3876 100
2015 1773 44.9 618 15.6 128 3.2 170 4.3 1260 31.9 3949 100
2016 1847 44.5 619 14.9 137 3.3 163 3.9 1382 33.3 4148 100
2017 1873 42.6 626 14.2 147 3.3 172 3.9 1582 3.06 4400 100
2018 1938 38.7 646 12.9 151 3.0 164 3.3 2115 42.2 5014 100
Band C 2013 687 56.8 128 10.6 26 2.1 51 4.2 318 26.3 1210 100
2014 743 54.8 130 9.6 27 2.0 61 4.5 394 29.1 1355 100
2015 786 56.3 124 8.9 28 2.0 60 4.3 398 28.5 1396 100
2016 832 56.3 120 8.1 38 2.6 61 4.1 427 28.9 1478 100
2017 980 56.9 133 7.7 44 2.6 68 3.9 498 28.9 1723 100
2018 1085 53.8 149 7.4 50 2.5 74 3.7 658 32.6 2016 100
Not assimilated 2013 93 34.6 35 13.0 6 2.2 13 4.8 122 45.4 269 100
2014 52 25.9 20 10.0 5 2.5 9 4.5 115 57.2 201 100
2015 73 19.4 50 13.3 6 1.6 14 3.7 233 62.0 376 100
2016 52 23.9 16 7.3 6 2.8 6 2.8 138 63.3 218 100
2017 51 23.7 13 6.0 * * * * 143 66.5 215 100
2018 47 22.3 12 5.7 * * * * 144 68.2 211 100
SCS 2013 106 60.9 22 12.6 * * * * 40 23.0 174 100
2014 98 59 22 13.3 * * * * 40 24.1 166 100
2015 89 58.6 19 12.5 * * * * 37 24.3 152 100
2016 102 61.1 19 11.4 6 3.6 5 3.0 35 21.0 167 100
2017 113 63.8 18 10.2 7 4.0 5 2.8 34 19.2 177 100
2018 125 64.4 15 7.7 7 3.6 6 3.1 41 21.1 194 100

Pay Band Composition by Religion

None Christian Other religion Prefer not to say Unknown Total
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Band A 2015 348 18.3 289 15.2 24 1.3 40 2.1 1200 63.1 1901 100
2016 396 21.5 302 16.4 30 1.6 49 2.7 1068 57.9 1845 100
2017 425 24.7 294 17.1 33 1.9 54 3.1 912 53.1 1718 100
2018 542 30.4 332 18.6 38 2.1 51 2.9 821 46.0 1784 100
Band B 2015 1106 28.0 918 23.2 57 1.4 144 3.6 1724 43.7 3949 100
2016 1301 31.4 1058 25.5 70 1.7 164 4.0 1555 37.5 4148 100
2017 1608 36.5 1203 27.3 74 1.7 201 4.6 1314 29.9 4400 100
2018 2010 40.1 1367 27.3 88 1.8 238 4.7 1311 26.1 5014 100
Band C 2015 398 28.5 303 21.7 17 1.2 50 3.6 628 45.0 1396 100
2016 505 34.2 387 26.2 25 1.7 58 3.9 503 34.0 1478 100
2017 652 37.8 501 29.1 27 1.6 71 4.1 472 27.4 1723 100
2018 811 40.2 576 28.6 33 1.6 90 4.5 506 25.1 2016 100
Not assimilated 2015 39 10.4 34 9.0 * * * * 300 79.8 376 100
2016 25 11.5 34 15.6 * * * * 155 71.1 218 100
2017 27 12.6 36 16.7 * * * * 144 67.0 215 100
2018 32 15.2 39 18.5 * * * * 132 62.6 211 100
SCS 2015 20 13.2 31 20.4 * * * * 94 61.8 152 100
2016 49 29.3 53 31.7 * * * * 54 32.3 167 100
2017 55 31.1 50 28.2 5 2.8 7 4.0 60 33.9 177 100
2018 60 30.9 62 32.0 * * * * 60 30.9 194 100

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