FOI Response RS00M

Date received: 12 September 2022
Date responded: 4 October 2022

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.

Redress Scotland’s response:

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. There are no roles within Redress Scotland that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity.

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. There are no roles within Redress Scotland that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity.

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). In the past 12 months there have been no staff days committed to attending equality training programmes. Redress Scotland is a new non-departmental public body, so we are currently working on requirements for equality training with our sponsorship team.

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. There have been no consultants hired to provide any external training or advice in the past twelve months, so therefore no contractual costs.

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). In the past 12 months 0.5 staff days have been committed to attending conferences relating to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

f) The costs of attending these conferences. There was no cost associated with the above conferences.

g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions. Redress Scotland have no memberships, or associated costs, for participation in equality charters.

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