FOI - Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity.
Dear Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium,
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, ([email address]) 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.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Bates
([Personally Identifiable Information removed])
Freedom of Information Request Acknowledgement
Dear Robert,
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below and to let you know it is being processed.
We will get back to you as soon as we can, but in any case within 20
working days from Tuesday 13th September.
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Regards
Helen Noyes
Senior Administrator
SUMS Group
Phone: +44 118 378 4304 Direct Dial: +44 118 378 4290
SUPC: [1]www.supc.ac.uk SUMS Consulting: [2]www.sums.org.uk PSS:
[3]www.heprocurementsolutions.ac.uk
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SUMS Consulting, Procurement Shared Service and SUPC are operating units
of Southern Universities Management
Services a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales
No. 02732244 Charity Number 1042175
Registered office: Reading Enterprise Centre University of Reading,
Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading, RG6 6BU
Freedom of Information Request Response
Dear Robert,
We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request.
We can confirm that we do hold some information of the description
specified in your request and have attached a csv file as requested.
We are required to include details of our complaints procedures, including
your rights to apply to the Information Commissioner. Please be aware
that the SUMS procedure is detailed in the University of Reading’s
Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations policy on
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Yours sincerely
Regards
Helen Noyes
Senior Administrator
SUMS Group
Phone: +44 118 378 4304 Direct Dial: +44 118 378 4290
SUPC: [3]www.supc.ac.uk SUMS Consulting: [4]www.sums.org.uk PSS:
[5]www.heprocurementsolutions.ac.uk
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SUMS Consulting, Procurement Shared Service and SUPC are operating units
of Southern Universities Management
Services a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales
No. 02732244 Charity Number 1042175
Registered office: Reading Enterprise Centre University of Reading,
Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading, RG6 6BU
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