Scottish Forestry expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

Please can your organisation provide in Excel CSV format, the following information:

a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “EDI officers” or “diversity and inclusion project managers” but would not include general HR managers.

b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences.

c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course).

d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity.

e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance).

f) The costs of attending these conferences.

g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions.

The most desirable csv layout would be the letter (a-g) in column A and then the information you hold in column B. If your organisation does not hold information in relation to any of the letters please file as N/A.

Response

A .csv file is attached to this response as requested. The information is reproduced below for completeness.
 

Question & content

Response

A

FTE mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity

0.151

B

Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles

Pay band 3 (current band scale £43,395-£47,245)

C

Staff days committed to attending equality training programmes in past 12 months

34.372

D

Contractual cost of any consultants hired in past 12 months to provide any external training or advice on issues of EDI

£3,465

E

Number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of EDI in past 12 months

6

F

Cost of attending these conferences

£1,250

G

Membership costs for participation in equality charters

£0


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