Breakdown of recruitment campaign monitoring form: FOI release

Information requested

How many of the 116 applications were from people with disabilities and a breakdown of statistics from the monitoring form” in respect of the Nature Scot Board member appointment round advertised from 4 December 2020 with a closing date for applications of 11 January 2021.

Response

12 applications were received from those declaring a disability.

The breakdown of the other protected characteristics from the monitoring form is as follows:

Gender	Women Men	44 applicants 72 applicants
Age	49 and under 50 and over	45 applicants 71 applicants
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual LGBT Prefer Not to Say	105 applicants * *
Ethnicity	White Black and Minority Ethnic	107 applicants 9 applicants

*Values for of less than six have been suppressed to decrease the risk of disclosure of information about individuals.

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