Scottish Government application to Stonewall Diversity scheme: FOI release

Information requested

1. Confirmation of whether Scottish Government applied to be part of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index in A) 2018 (for 2019), B) 2019 (for 2020) or C) 2021 (for 2022) (NB the index was suspended in 2020/21 because of Covid).

2. Give details of the total amount of money Scottish Government paid to Stonewall in 2021 whether or not as payment for goods or services.

3. State whether Scottish Government intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.

If the answer to any part of 1 is yes please supply:

4. Any application Scottish Government made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.

5. Any feedback Scottish Government received in 2018/19 or 2019/20 or 2021/22 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme. This must include the priorities or objectives written by Scottish Government representative's at the end of the feedback form (under the heading ‘Priorities for the year ahead’ in 2019; ‘Your priorities’ in 2020).

Response

1. Scottish Government applied to be part of Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Further details can be found here: Stonewall Diversity Champions index: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

2. Please note that much of the information you have requested is in the public domain. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy. Information regarding Equality and Human Rights Budget Funding amounts for Stonewall, is available and can be found at Equality funding: national and intermediary bodies 2017-2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) for 2017-20, and for 2021 onwards at Equality and Human Rights Fund: projects funded - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). You may also wish to note the following other recent FOI releases which also discuss payments to Stonewall in 2019/20 and 2020/21: Funding of Stonewall or any associated subsidiary by Scottish Government: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot); Payments made to Stonewall Equality Limited: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

3. We are reviewing all the diversity and inclusion related corporate memberships and benchmarking schemes the Scottish Government participates in. Current memberships will continue meantime. We have paid our membership of Stonewall’s Diversity Champion programme until 2023

4. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy. Information regarding our 2021 application to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index can be found here: Scottish Government submission to Stonewall for 2022 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

5. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy. Information regarding Scottish Government's applications for Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index can be found here: Stonewall Diversity Champions index: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

The feedback received for our 2021/22 submission is attached.

Section 38(1)(b) (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information in the 2021 feedback because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.

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