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Publication - Corporate report

Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018: Scottish Ministers' Report in their role as an Appointing Person

Published
19 December 2025
From
Director of Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights, +2 more … Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Solicitor General
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Equality and rights, Public sector
ISBN
9781806435968

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.

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Footnotes

1 5. Statistical Tables - Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018: Regulation 2 report April 2023 - gov.scot

2 Figure quoted is for regulated appointments overseen by public appointments team. Does not include locally elected members and councillors.

3 The Open University (being a UK-wide body) is exempt from the Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Act 2016 and therefore also from the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018. However, they have decided to supply the required information on a voluntary basis.

Contact

Email: jane.gallacher@gov.scot

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