FOI release

FOI2022/00297: Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2022/00297

Published 20 October 2022

Request

Request Received: 12 September 2022

I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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.

Please can this information be returned to me, via email, (redacted) within 20 working days.

The most desirable csv layout would be the letter (a-g) in column A and then the information you hold in column B.

If your organisation does not hold information in relation to any of the letters please file as N/A.

Response

Response Sent: 20 October 2022

Full details of this response are provided in the attached document.

Documents

• FOI2022-00297 response (1).xlsx (10.5 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2022_00297_Redacted.pdf (281.9 KB)

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