FOI/202500483494 · FOI · partially withheld
Correspondence regarding Stonewall Diversity Champions Corporate membership: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for all documentation held by the Scottish Government, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings, analysis, about Stonewall membership, from the last three months.
Response
For this request we interpreted Stonewall membership to mean Stonewall's Diversity Champions Corporate Membership and 'Scottish Government' to mean officials representing the Scottish Government as an employer.
1. I attach a copy of information you requested from 5 June to the date of your request.
2. I enclose an extract from a briefing document for the Permanent Secretary meeting with stakeholders.
Request SG Employer Position Stonewall: They have requested withdrawal from the Stonewall Diversity Champions / Workplace Equality Index. We are reviewing all the diversity and inclusion related corporate memberships and benchmarking schemes the Scttish Government participates in. Current memberships, including this one, will continue meantime.
3. Some of the information you have requested is available at https://www.parliament.scot/chamberand-committees/questions-and-answers/question?ref=S6W-36753 and https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202500448728. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
Exemption(s) under section 38(1) of FOISA in relation to personal data applies to some of the information you have requested.
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Detected exemption language
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Exemption(s) under section 38(1) of FOISA in relation to personal data applies to some of the information you have requested.