FOI/202500457984 · FOI · unclear
Police Scotland staff diversity groups that receive Scottish Government funding: FOI release
Information requested
Details of all Police Scotland diversity staff groups/associations that receive Scottish Government funding, and the amount allocated to each group/association in each of the last five financial years. For the same period, please provide details of all meetings between the groups listed in the above response, and the Scottish Government/Scottish Ministers.
Response
The Scottish Government provided grant funding to four Police Scotland diversity staff associations in each of the last five financial years. These are:
1. The Scottish LGBTI Police Staff Association (LGBTI staff association) 2. Supporting Ethnic Minority Police employees for Equality in Race Scotland (SEMPER Scotland) 3. Scottish Police Muslim Association (SPMA) 4. Scottish Women’s Development Forum (SWDF)
The table below shows how much funding Police Scotland’s diversity staff associations were allocated over the last 5 financial years.
Diversity Staff Association 2020-21 £ 2021-22 £ 2022-23 £ 2023-24 £ 2024-25 £ LGBTI staff association 30,246 30,246 30,246 30,246 30,246 SEMPER Scotland 51,636 51,636 51,636 51,636 12,909 SPMA 0 15,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 SWDF 22,876 22,876 22,876 22,876 22,876
Table A details the number of meetings that took place between each of the associations and Scottish Government, and table B gives details of the number of meetings between each of the associations and Scottish Ministers.
Table A
Diversity Staff Association 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 LGBTI staff association 0 0 2 6 3 SEMPER Scotland 2 0 1 7 3 SPMA 1 0 3 6 3 SWDF 0 0 4 6 3
*due to Covid-19 meetings held from 2020-22 with Police Scotland’s diversity staff associations were limited.
Table B
Diversity Staff Association 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 LGBTI staff association 0 0 0 0 0 SEMPER Scotland 3 0 1 1 0 SPMA 0 0 0 0 0 SWDF 0 0 0 0 0
*due to Covid-19 meetings held from 2020-22 with Police Scotland’s diversity staff associations were limited.
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