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Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018: Scottish Ministers' Report in their role as an Appointing Person
Second report on public boards’ progress towards the “gender representation objective” which is achieved when a board has 50% of its non-executive members who are women.
5. Statistical Tables
**Note: Where boards have odd numbers of board members the gender representation objective (GRO) is met if the percentage of women board members, minus one, is 50% or above. Therefore even if the percentage of women on such boards is below 50%, the GRO is still met e.g. a total of 9 members 4 members are women (44%) but this is 50% of [9 minus one] board members..
| Public Authority | Reg. 2(2)(a) Has Gender Rep. Objective been met (on 31/12/2024) | Reg. 2(2)(a) % of women on Boards (As at 31 Dec 2024) | Reg 2(2)(b) No. of Non-Exec vacancies (between 01/01/23 and 31/12/2024) | Reg 2(2)(c) For each vacancy how many recruitment competitions were held (e.g. 2,2 = two rounds, both run twice for same vacancy(ies). 1,1,1,1 = 4 rounds, all run once) | Reg 2(2)(c)(i) Total no. of applications for each competition | Reg 2(2)(c)(i) % of applications from women for each competition | Reg 2(2)(c)(ii) Appointment made for each competition | Reg 2(2)(c)(ii) Whether the appointment(s) made was/were a woman/ women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounts Commission for Scotland | Yes | 58% | 6 | 2,2 | 47, 5 | 38%, 20% | 4, 1 | 3 |
| Architecture and Design Scotland | Yes | 80% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bòrd na Gàidhlig | No | 37% | 4 | 1 | 13 | 38% | 4 | 1 |
| Boundaries Scotland | No | 33% | 6 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 3, 32, 6, 20 | 100%, 34%, 67%, 30% | 1, 2, 0, 2 | 2 |
| Cairngorms National Park Authority* | Yes ** | 42% | 6 | 1, 1, 1 | 61, 18, 12 | 36%, 28%, 50% | 4, 1, 1 | 2 |
| Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited | No | 20% | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11% | 2 | 0 |
| Care Inspectorate | Yes | 53% | 2 | 1 | 22 | 55% | 2 | 1 |
| Children's Hearings Scotland | Yes | 71% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Justice Scotland | Yes | 55% | 4 | 1 | 54 | 57% | 4 | 2 |
| Consumer Scotland | Yes ** | 40% | 1 | 1 | 57 | 51% | 1 | 1 |
| Creative Scotland | Yes ** | 46% | 5 | 1 | 102 | 50% | 5 | 3 |
| Crofting Commission* | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown Estate Scotland | Yes | 50% | 4 | 1, 1 | 12, 53 | 25%, 17% | 1, 3 | 0 |
| David MacBrayne Limited | Yes ** | 40% | 2 | 1, 1 | 30, 53 | 17%, 23% | 1, 1 | 1 |
| Environmental Standards Scotland | Yes | 50% | 3 | 1, 1 | 20, 6 | 35%, 17% | 2, 1 | 1 |
| Food Standard Scotland | Yes | 75% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland | Yes | 63% | 2 | 1, 1 | 11, 27 | 55%, 67% | 1, 1 | 1 |
| Highlands and Islands Airports Limited | Yes | 80% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highlands and Islands Enterprise | No | 36% | 3 | 1, 1 | 42, 48 | 29%, 33% | 1, 2 | 1 |
| Historic Environment Scotland | No | 30% | 9 | 1, 1 | 89, 78 | 49%, 49% | 6, 3 | 2 |
| Independent Living Fund Scotland | Yes | 71% | 5 | 1, 1, 1 | 9, 27, 29 | 78%, 59%, 34% | 1, 3, 1 | 5 |
| Judicial Appointments Board Scotland | No | 40% | 7 | 1 | 99 | 47% | 7 | 2 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority[2] | Yes | 60% | 1 | 1 | 63 | 49% | 1 | 0 |
| Mental Welfare Commission | Yes | 71% | 1 | 1 | 41 | 76% | 1 | 1 |
| Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland | Yes | 73% | 2 | 1, 1 | 26, 7 | 32%, 86% | 4, 1 | 5 |
| National Galleries of Scotland | Yes | 75% | 2 | 1 | 40 | 58% | 2 | 2 |
| National Library of Scotland | No | 40% | 3 | 1 | 63 | 63% | 3 | 1 |
| National Museums of Scotland | Yes | 60% | 7 | 1, 1 | 35, 29 | 37%, 52% | 2, 5 | 4 |
| NatureScot | No | 33% | 2 | 1, 1 | 13, 26 | 31%, 38% | 1, 1 | 0 |
| NHS 24 | Yes | 50% | 1 | 1 | 59 | 44% | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Ayrshire & Arran | Yes | 55% | 4 | 1, 1, 1 | 20, 28, 22 | 40%, 54%, 36% | 2, 1, 1 | 3 |
| NHS Borders | Yes | 50% | 1 | 1 | 31 | 55% | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | Yes ** | 40% | 6 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 58, 31, 4, 18 | 53%, 55%, 25%, 39% | 3, 1, 0, 1 | 3 |
| NHS Education for Scotland | Yes | 62% | 6 | 1, 2, 2 | 41, 32, 28 | 61%, 25%, 39% | 4, 0, 1 | 2 |
| NHS Fife | Yes | 60% | 3 | 2, 1, 2 | 5, 13, 5 | 20%, 38%, 20% | 0,1 ,1 | 2 |
| NHS Forth Valley | No | 28% | 1 | 2 | 9 | 56% | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Golden Jubilee Board | Yes | 55% | 2 | 1 | 28 | 29% | 2 | 1 |
| NHS Grampian | No | 30% | 3 | 1, 1 | 37, 40 | 54%, 43% | 2 | 1 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Yes | 64% | 9 | 1, 1, 1 | 11, 9, 64 | 36%, 33%, 45% | 1, 2, 6 | 6 |
| NHS Highland | No | 41% | 7 | 1, 1, 1 | 7, 38, 18 | 29%, 45%, 50% | 1, 3, 3 | 5 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | No | 27% | 2 | 1 | 17 | 53% | 2 | 1 |
| NHS Lothian | No | 33% | 5 | 1, 1 | 35, 34 | 46%, 62% | 2, 3 | 1 |
| NHS National Services Scotland | Yes ** | 44% | 2 | 1 | 67 | 46% | 2 | 1 |
| NHS Orkney Boards | Yes | 66% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | Yes ** | 42% | 1 | 1 | 9 | 56% | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Tayside | Yes ** | 45% | 7 | 2, 2, 1, 1 | 6, 12, 30, 14 | 50%, 17%, 70%, 21% | 0, 0, 2, 3 | 2 |
| NHS Western Isles | Yes | 85% | 2 | 1, 1 | 13, 3 | 23%, 0% | 1, 1 | 1 |
| Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator | Yes | 57% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Health Scotland | Yes | 66% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quality Meat Scotland | No | 41% | 3 | 1 | 24 | 46% | 3 | 3 |
| Revenue Scotland | No | 14% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Risk Management Authority | No | 25% | 4 | 1, 1 ,1 | 4, 23, 11 | 50%, 30%, 45% | 1, 1, 2 | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | Yes | 62% | 3 | 1 | 12 | 50% | 3 | 2 |
| Scottish Agricultural Wages Board | Yes ** | 40% | 1 | 1 | 13 | 23% | 1 | 1 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | Yes | 66% | 3 | 1, 1 | 39, 29 | 36%, 38% | 2, 1 | 1 |
| Scottish Childrens’ Reporter Administration | Yes | 75% | 3 | 1, 1 | 1, 34 | 100%, 62% | 1, 2 | 1 |
| Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission | Yes | 50% | 4 | 1, 1, 1 | 68, 13, 13 | 48%, 38%, 62% | 2, 1, 1 | 3 |
| Scottish Enterprise | No | 33% | 9 | 4, 4, 1, 4, 4 | 12, 3, 95, 15, 13 | 33%, 0%, 35%, 27%, 15% | 0, 0, 5, 0, 1 | 1 |
| Scottish Environment Protection Agency | Yes | 54% | 7 | 1, 1 | 6, 118 | 67%, 39% | 1, 6 | 4 |
| Scottish Fire and Rescue Service | No | 38% | 4 | 1 | 65 | 28% | 4 | 2 |
| Scottish Fiscal Commission | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Funding Council | Yes | 55% | 5 | 1 | 66 | 33% | 5 | 3 |
| Scottish Futures Trust | No | 28% | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Housing Regulator | Yes ** | 44% | 1 | 1 | 24 | 25% | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Land Commission | No | 33% | 6 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 7, 17, 19, 4 | 43%, 41%, 42%, 25% | 1, 2, 2, 1 | 2 |
| Scottish Legal Aid Board | No | 30% | 3 | 1, 1 | 33, 6 | 42%, 33% | 2, 1 | 1 |
| Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | Yes | 66% | 1 | 1 | 11 | 36% | 1 | 1 |
| Scottish National Investment Bank | No | 40% | 1 | 1 | 101 | 37% | 1 | 0 |
| Scottish Police Authority | Yes | 50% | 4 | 1 | 58 | 38% | 4 | 2 |
| Scottish Qualifications Authority (NB: to be replaced by Qualifications Scotland) | No | 40% | 6 | 1, 1 | 11, 108 | 27%, 44% | 1, 5 | 3 |
| Scottish Social Services Council | Yes ** | 44% | 1, 2, 3 | 1, 1, 1 | 23, 29, 29 | 61%, 86%, 62% | 1, 2, 3 | 3 |
| Scottish Water | No | 28% | 4 | 1, 2, 2 | 13, 88, 58 | 8%, 10%, 31% | 1, 0, 2 | 1 |
| Skills Development Scotland | Yes | 63% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South of Scotland Enterprise | Yes | 45% | 2 | 1 | 19 | 42% | 2 | 1 |
| sportscotland | No | 41% | 6 | 1, 1 | 17, 128 | 35%, 46% | 1, 5 | 4 |
| The State Hospital’s Board for Scotland | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VisitScotland | Yes | 50% | 4 | 1, 1 | 72, 8 | 43%, 63% | 3, 1 | 3 |
| Water Industry Commission for Scotland | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 boards | 51 Met GRO (65%) | - | 242 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Public Authority | Reg. 2(2)(a) Has Gender Rep. Objective been met (on 31/12/2024) | Reg. 2(2)(a) % of women on Boards (As at 31 Dec 2024) | Reg 2(2)(b) No. of Non-Exec vacancies (between 01/01/23 and 31/12/2024) | Reg 2(2)(c) For each vacancy how many recruitment competitions were held | Reg 2(2)(c)(i) Total no. of applications for each competition | Reg 2(2)(c)(i) % of applications from women for each competition | Reg 2(2)(c)(ii) Appointment made for each competition | Reg 2(2)(c)(ii) Whether the appointment(s) made was/were a woman/ women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service | Yes | 71% | 3 (1 x Sheriff Principal, 1 x Justice of the Peace and 1 x Sheriff/ Summary Sheriff | 1 | Sheriff Principal (1) Justice of the Peace (5) Sheriff/Summary Sheriff (7) | Sheriff Principal (1) Justice of the Peace (2) Sheriff/Summary Sheriff (1) | Sheriff Principal (yes) Justice of the Peace (yes) Sheriff/Summary Sheriff (yes) | Sheriff Principal (Yes) Justice of the Peace (No) Sheriff/Summary Sheriff (No) |
| Scottish Human Rights Commission | Yes | 100% | 2 | 1 | 15 | 66% | 1 | Yes 1 |
| Standards Commission for Scotland | Yes | 100% | 3 | 2 | 12 / 2 | 50% / 66% | 2 / 1 | Yes |
| Scottish Canals | Yes | 50% | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | No |
| Higher Education Institutions Aberdeen | Yes | 50% | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Abertay | Yes | 52% | 3 | Yes 3 | Yes | |||
| Higher Education Institutions Dundee | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education Institutions Edinburgh | Yes | 50% | 4 | 3 | 16; 23; 13 | 47%; 22%; 38% | 4; 1; 1 | Yes |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow Caledonian | No | 31% | 4 | Vacancy: | Competition: | Competition: | Competition: | Yes -1 |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow Caledonian | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1. 1 | 1. 8 | 1. 13% | 1. yes 1 | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow Caledonian | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2. 1 | 2. 5 | 2. 20% | 2. yes1 | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow Caledonian | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3. 2 | 3. 7[1] | 3. 14% | 3. no | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow Caledonian | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4. 1 | 4. 17 | 4. 35% | 4. yes1 | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow School of Art | No | 31% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education Institutions Glasgow | No | 46% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education Institutions Heriot Watt | No | 28% | 9 | 2 | 28 & 19 | 60% and 21% | No – 5 appts made, one vacancy unfilled | Yes – 1 woman appointed |
| Higher Education Institutions Highlands & Islands | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education Institutions Napier | No | 43% | 4 | 1 | 27 | 48% | Yes - 4 | Yes |
| Higher Education Institutions Open University[3] | Yes | 57% | 4 | 3 | 15 | 73% | Yes - 4 | Yes |
| Higher Education Institutions Open University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 | 63% | N/A | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Open University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Not known | Not known | N/A | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Queen Margaret | Yes | 50% | 4 | 2 | 1, 4 | 0%, 0% | 1,2 | No |
| Higher Education Institutions Robert Gordon | Yes | 50% | 2 | 1 | Yes 2 | No | ||
| Higher Education Institutions Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education Institutions Rural College | No | 38% | 3 | 1 | 74 | 19% | 6 | Yes - 1 |
| Higher Education Institutions St Andrews | No | 25% | 4- 2 vacancies per round | 2 recruitment rounds in total. 1 for each of 2 vacancies | (i) 88 | 46% | 2 | Yes - 2 women appointed (1 from each round) |
| Higher Education Institutions St Andrews | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | (ii) 52 | 48% | 2 | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions Stirling | No | 42% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education Institutions Strathclyde | Yes | 57% | 3 | 1 | 94 | 49% | Yes -3 | Yes |
| Higher Education Institutions University of the West of Scotland | No | 27% | 6 | 1 | 31 | 26% | 4 | No |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Argyll | Yes | 55% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Ayrshire | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Borders | Yes | 55% | 3 | 1 | 12 | 50% | Yes - 3 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments City of Glasgow | Yes | 50% | 2 | 1 | 6 | 50% | Yes - 2 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Dumfries | Yes | 42% | 4 | 1 | 9 | 44% | Yes 4 | Yes -2 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Dundee & Angus | Yes | 50% | 5 | 2 | 13, 14 | 85%, 36% | Yes -2, 3 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Edinburgh | Yes | 65% | 3 | 2 | 14, 8 | 36%, 25% | Yes 3 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Fife | No | 42% | 3 | 1 | 20 | 35% | 3 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Forth Valley | Yes | 58% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Glasgow Clyde | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Glasgow Kelvin | No | 47% | 1 | 1 | 13 | 54% | Yes 1 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Inverness | Yes | 52% | 4 | 1 | 17 | 29% | Yes - 4 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Outer Hebrides | Yes | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Moray | Yes | 50% | 2 | 1 | 6 | Not known | 2 | No |
| College Non-Executive Appointments New College Lanarkshire | No | 33% | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Newbattle Abbey | No | 25% | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33% | 3 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments North East | Yes | 50% | 2 | 1 | 11 | 27% | 3 | Yes -1 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments North Highland | No | 38% | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50% | Yes- 4 | Yes - 2 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Perth | Yes | 50% | 4 | 1 | 14 | 43% | Yes - 4 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Sabhal Mòr Ostaig | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments Shetland | Yes | 56% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Non-Executive Appointments South Lanarkshire | Yes | 50% | 6 | 1 | N/A | 44% | Yes 6 | Yes |
| College Non-Executive Appointments West | No | 41% | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17% | Yes -3 | No |
| College Non-Executive Appointments West Highland | Yes | 50% | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| College Non-Executive Appointments West Lothian | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Transport Partnerships Non-Executive Appointments HITRANS | No | 33% | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25%. 0% | 1, 2 | Yes - 1 |
| Regional Transport Partnerships Non-Executive Appointments SESTRANS | Yes | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Transport Partnerships Non-Executive Appointments Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) | No | 30% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Transport Partnerships Non-Executive Appointments TACTRAN | No | 40% | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33% | 2 | Yes |
| Regional College Boards* Ayrshire | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Borders | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Dumfries and Galloway | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Dundee & Angus | Yes | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Edinburgh | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Fife | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Forth Valley | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Glasgow | Yes | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* Lanarkshire | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* North East Scotland | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* West Lothian | No | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional College Boards* West | Yes | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Non-Executive Appointments made to Regional Colleges and Regional Boards by Scottish Ministers between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024 - Figure quoted is for Regional Board Chairs only. Board members are non-regulated appointments undertaken by Colleges.
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