Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
FOI Reference: FOI/202500479072
Date received: 7 August 2025
Date responded: 2 September 2025
Information requested
Request for information 1:
Spending on diversity, equality, equity and/or inclusion jobs in the calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date.
Request for information 2:
Spending on diversity, equality, equity and/or inclusion events in the calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date. For example, classes or training. Please provide a list of these events for 2024.
Request for information 3:
Spending on diversity, equality, equity and/or inclusion initiatives in the calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date. For example, printing posters. Please provide a list of these initiatives for 2024.
Response
Request for information 1:
The table below show the roles for each of these years and the pay details can be found within the attached document, ANNEX 1.
|
Calendar Year |
Grade |
|
2023 (October – December) |
1 C1, 1 B3 |
|
2024 |
1 C1, 2 B3, 2 B2 and 1 A4 (1/4 of time) |
|
2025 |
1 C1, 1 B3, 2 B2, 1 B1 and 1 A4 (1/4 of time) |
Requests for information 2:
While we aim to provide information whenever possible, Social Security Scotland does not have the information you requested. This is because all of our staff have diversity, equality and inclusion requirements within their roles and there is no business need for Social Security Scotland to record the time spent by it’s staff broken down in a way that would answer your question.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.
You may find it helpful to know, however, that we have a specific Diversity and Inclusion team with a specific focus on equality, diversity and inclusion. Part of this team, and the Organisational Development and Learning team’s, responsibility is to deliver in-house training to our staff.
.Request for information 3:
While we aim to provide information whenever possible, Social Security Scotland does not have the information you requested. This is because there was no recorded external spend on diversity, equality, equity, or inclusion initiatives. All related materials were produced using internal resources, including in- house printing and stationery.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.
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