FOI/20/00021 · FOI · unclear
Diversity of staff working in Education Scotland: FOI release
Information requested
I would like to enquire about the diversity of staff who work in Education Scotland. Previous FOI publications have stated that the current number of staff.
I would like to request information on the number or percentage of staff who fall within the following protected characteristics:
Race Disability (just if they have one) Gender Religion
Response
In response to your request, please see the below information: There were 333 directly employed staff in Education Scotland at 31/12/2019. Their self-disclosed diversity information was as follows (categories grouped to be as informative as possible while maintaining disclosure thresholds):
Ethnicity Ethnic minority White Prefer not to say Unknown * 225 * 103
*indicates a non-zero figure less than 5
Disability Disabled Not disabled Prefer not to say Unknown 12 132 5 184
Gender Female Male 248 85
Religion None Church of Scotland Roman Catholic Other Christian Other Religion or Belief Prefer not to say Unknown 77 49 44 16 5 15 127
Please note the information provided is not a full and accurate picture of these characteristics as staff provide this information on a voluntary basis.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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