Information about your dealings with Stonewall [Extraneous material removed]

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following descriptions:

1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,” including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.

2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme.

3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or 2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be entitled to withhold it).

4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).

5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019; (ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.

6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.

Yours faithfully,

Ermine Amies

Freedom of Information Requests, The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

Thank you for emailing the Freedom of Information mailbox at SDS. This
email is to acknowledge receipt of your request. If you have just
submitted a Freedom of Information request, we will respond to you within
the statutory timeframe. If we require any clarification on your request,
we will contact you as soon as possible.

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd. a company limited by guarantee
registered in Scotland.
Registered Number: SC202659

Registered office:
Floor 1
Monteith House
11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY

Tel: 0141 285 6000

This message is sent in confidence to the addressee only, and may contain
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Freedom of Information Requests, The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

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Dear Ermine,

 

Please see attached part 1 of our response to your FOI of 7 February. If
you have any questions please let us know.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael McDaid

 

Michael McDaid Government Liaison and Information Executive

Tel: 0141 468 7578   [mobile number]

Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

 

[1]myworldofwork.co.uk – for all your work, skills and learning needs

[2]ourskillsforce.co.uk – making skills work for employers

[3]apprenticeships.scot – for all the latest on apprenticeships

[4]skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk – corporate website

 

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               [9]HR Network Scotland National Awards 2019 Winner logo

 

 

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Freedom of Information Requests, The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

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Dear Ermine,

 

Please see attached part 2 of our response to your FOI of 7 February. If
you have any questions please let us know.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael McDaid

 

Michael McDaid Government Liaison and Information Executive

Tel: 0141 468 7578   [mobile number]

Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

 

[1]myworldofwork.co.uk – for all your work, skills and learning needs

[2]ourskillsforce.co.uk – making skills work for employers

[3]apprenticeships.scot – for all the latest on apprenticeships

[4]skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk – corporate website

 

[5][IMG]    [6]twitter.jpg (32×32)   
[7]https://72820a6640025667354935ea14f4aad1...

               [9]HR Network Scotland National Awards 2019 Winner logo

 

 

 

From: Freedom of Information Requests
Sent: 08 March 2021 17:02
To: '[FOI #725152 email]'
<[FOI #725152 email]>
Subject: RE: PART 1 Freedom of Information request - Information about
your dealings with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall

 

Dear Ermine,

 

Please see attached part 1 of our response to your FOI of 7 February. If
you have any questions please let us know.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael McDaid

 

Michael McDaid Government Liaison and Information Executive

Tel: 0141 468 7578   [mobile number]

Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

 

[10]myworldofwork.co.uk – for all your work, skills and learning needs

[11]ourskillsforce.co.uk – making skills work for employers

[12]apprenticeships.scot – for all the latest on apprenticeships

[13]skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk – corporate website

 

[14][IMG]    [15]twitter.jpg (32×32)   
[16]https://72820a6640025667354935ea14f4aad1...

               [18]HR Network Scotland National Awards 2019 Winner logo

 

 

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Freedom of Information Requests, The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

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Dear Ermine,

 

Please see attached part 3 of 3 of our response to your FOI of 7 February.
If you have any questions please let us know.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael McDaid

 

Michael McDaid Government Liaison and Information Executive

Tel: 0141 468 7578   [mobile number]

Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

 

[1]myworldofwork.co.uk – for all your work, skills and learning needs

[2]ourskillsforce.co.uk – making skills work for employers

[3]apprenticeships.scot – for all the latest on apprenticeships

[4]skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk – corporate website

 

[5][IMG]    [6][IMG]    [7][IMG]    [8][IMG]    

               [9]HR Network Scotland National Awards 2019 Winner logo

 

 

From: Freedom of Information Requests
Sent: 08 March 2021 17:08
To: '[FOI #725152 email]'
<[FOI #725152 email]>
Subject: RE: PART 2 Freedom of Information request - Information about
your dealings with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall

 

Dear Ermine,

 

Please see attached part 2 of our response to your FOI of 7 February. If
you have any questions please let us know.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael McDaid

 

Michael McDaid Government Liaison and Information Executive

Tel: 0141 468 7578   [mobile number]

Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

 

[10]myworldofwork.co.uk – for all your work, skills and learning needs

[11]ourskillsforce.co.uk – making skills work for employers

[12]apprenticeships.scot – for all the latest on apprenticeships

[13]skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk – corporate website

 

[14][IMG]    [15]twitter.jpg (32×32)   
[16]https://72820a6640025667354935ea14f4aad1...

               [18]HR Network Scotland National Awards 2019 Winner logo

 

 

 

From: Freedom of Information Requests
Sent: 08 March 2021 17:02
To: '[FOI #725152 email]'
<[19][FOI #725152 email]>
Subject: RE: PART 1 Freedom of Information request - Information about
your dealings with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall

 

Dear Ermine,

 

Please see attached part 1 of our response to your FOI of 7 February. If
you have any questions please let us know.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael McDaid

 

Michael McDaid Government Liaison and Information Executive

Tel: 0141 468 7578   [mobile number]

Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba

Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

 

[20]myworldofwork.co.uk – for all your work, skills and learning needs

[21]ourskillsforce.co.uk – making skills work for employers

[22]apprenticeships.scot – for all the latest on apprenticeships

[23]skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk – corporate website

 

[24][IMG]    [25]twitter.jpg (32×32)   
[26]https://72820a6640025667354935ea14f4aad1...

               [28]HR Network Scotland National Awards 2019 Winner logo

 

 

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Dear Michael,

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Ermine Amies

Freedom of Information Requests, The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

Thank you for emailing the Freedom of Information mailbox at SDS. This
email is to acknowledge receipt of your request. If you have just
submitted a Freedom of Information request, we will respond to you within
the statutory timeframe. If we require any clarification on your request,
we will contact you as soon as possible.

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd. a company limited by guarantee
registered in Scotland.
Registered Number: SC202659

Registered office:
Floor 1
Monteith House
11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY

Tel: 0141 285 6000

This message is sent in confidence to the addressee only, and may contain
legally privileged information. The contents of this message are not to be
disclosed to anyone other than the addressee without SDS’s formal
permission. If you are not the addressee, please preserve this
confidentiality, advise the sender about the error immediately, and delete
the message.

No liability is accepted for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan
any attachments.

Any views or other information in this message which do not relate to the
business of SDS are not authorised by SDS and are not the views of SDS.